IBM AIX Sendmail Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:54206

Info

IBM AIX Sendmail Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 54206
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2012-2200
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 26 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 26 2012 12:00AM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 7.1
IBM AIX 6.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM AIX Sendmail Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

IBM AIX is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges on affected computers.

IBM AIX versions 6.1 and 7.1 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

IBM AIX Sendmail Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

IBM AIX Sendmail Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

IBM AIX Sendmail Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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