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AIX mklvcopy Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19235
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Release Date:
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2006-03-15
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Last Update:
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2006-04-24
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Popularity:
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7,433 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | AIX 5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-1246
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Description:
Yang Jilong has reported a vulnerability in IBM AIX, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in "mklvcopy" when executing external commands. This can be exploited by users in the "system" group to execute arbitrary command with root privileges.
Solution:
Apply APARs.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/unixservers/aixfixes.html
AIX 5.3:
Apply APAR IY82739.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Yang Jilong, NSFocus Security Team
Changelog:
2006-03-21: Updated "Title" and "Description" sections.
2006-03-21: Added CVE reference.
2006-04-19: Added additional information.
2006-04-24: Added additional information.
Original Advisory:
IBM:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY82739
NSFOCUS:
http://www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0602.htm
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