QID 330093

Date Published: 2022-03-07

QID 330093: IBM Advanced Interactive eXecutive (AIX) Mount Code Execution Vulnerability (mount_advisory)

There are vulnerabilities in bos.rte.filesystem that affect AIX.
IBM AIX could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the mount command which could lead to code execution.

Affected Platform:
AIX 7.1,7.2
QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
The detection checks for installed packages version via command : - "lslpp -L". It also checks for interim fixes installed using the command "emgr -c" or "instfix -k". The detection posts vulnerable if installed package version is less than patched version and interim fixes are also not installed.

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability in the mount command which could lead to code execution.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.6 severity.

Solution

The vendor has released fixes to resolve this vulnerability.

Vendor References

CVE-2021-38990 - aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/mount_advisory.asc

CVEs related to QID 330093

CVE-2021-38990 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
/mount_advisory			aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/mount_advisory.asc

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