QID 330112

Date Published: 2022-10-17

QID 330112: IBM AIX Inventory Scout Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the AIX invscout command could allow a non-privileged local user to obtain root privileges

Affected Versions:-
AIX 7.1,7.2 and 7.3 running invscout.rte versions prior to 2.2.0.22.

QID Detection logic
It checks for the vulnerable file of invscout.rte using command lslpp -L | grep -i invscout.rte Prerequisite- For AIX 7.1 and 7.2 you must be on the 'bos.rte.libc prereq' level before installing the new invscout.rte package.

successful exploit may lead to privilege escalation impacting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.2 severity.

Solution

Vendor fixes are available to resolve the issue. Refer to AIX invscout advisory to address this issue and obtain details on the fixes.

Vendor References

invscout_advisory3 - aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/invscout_advisory3.asc

CVEs related to QID 330112

CVE-2022-36768 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
invscout_advisory3			aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/invscout_advisory3.asc

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