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IBM AIX rm_mlcache_file Arbitrary File Overwrite
Secunia Advisory: SA19656
Release Date: 2006-04-18
Last Update: 2006-04-24
Popularity: 8,586 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:AIX 5.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Yang Jilong has reported a vulnerability in AIX, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to a race condition in the "rm_mlcache_file" command when processing temporary files. This makes it possible to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files.

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