QID 330121

Date Published: 2023-02-01

QID 330121: IBM AIX Privilege Escalation Vulnerability due to rm_mlcache_file (rmmlcache_advisory)

AIX is affected by a root privilege escalation vulnerability

A vulnerability in the AIX rm_mlcache_file user command could allow a non-privileged local user to obtain root privileges (CVE-2022-41290).

Affected Versions:
AIX 7.1, 7.2,7.3

QID Detection logic:
This QID checks for the vulnerable versions of AIX.

A successful exploit could allow a non-privileged local user to obtain root privileges

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.4 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.6 severity.

Solution

The vendor has released fixes to resolve this vulnerability. Refer to AIX rmmlcache_advisory to obtain more information.

Vendor References

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

CVEs related to QID 330121

CVE-2022-41290 |

Software Advisories

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

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