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IBM AIX "swcons" Command Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31739
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Release Date:
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2008-09-04
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Last Update:
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2008-09-11
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Popularity:
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2,740 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
AIX 6.x
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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 caused due to an error in the "swcons" command, which can be exploited to create files that are owned by root and have insecure permissions.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with root privileges, but requires that an attacker is member of the "system" group.
This is related to vulnerability #7 in:
SA27437
The vulnerability is reported in AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1.
Change Page:
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