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IBM AIX acctctl Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22213
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Release Date:
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2006-10-02
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Popularity:
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5,903 views
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Critical:
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Not 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-2006-5010
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM AIX, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is due to an error in the acctctl command, which invokes mkdir without an absolute pathname. This allows execution of arbitrary code with "root" privileges.
Successful exploitation requires membership of the "adm" group.
Solution:
Apply APARs.
APAR for AIX 5.3.0:
Apply IY88681.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
IBM:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88681
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