AIX rexd Vulnerability

BID:37

Info

AIX rexd Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 37
Class: Origin Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 05 1992 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 05 1992 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was posted by CERT/CC as CA-92.05 AIX REXD Daemon Vulnerability.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 3.2
IBM AIX 3.1
Not Vulnerable: IBM AIX 4.3
IBM AIX 4.2.1
IBM AIX 4.2
IBM AIX 4.1.5
IBM AIX 4.1.4
IBM AIX 4.1.3
IBM AIX 4.1.2
IBM AIX 4.1.1
IBM AIX 4.1
IBM AIX 3.2.5
IBM AIX 3.2.4

Discussion

AIX rexd Vulnerability

In certain configurations, particularly if NFS is installed, the rexd (RPC remote program execution) daemon is enabled.If a system allows rexd connections, anyone on the Internet can gain access to the system as a user other than root.

Note: Installing NFS with the current versions of "mknfs" will re-enable rexd even if it was previously disabled.

Exploit / POC

AIX rexd Vulnerability

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