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IBM AIX "at" Command Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA33915
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Release Date:
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2009-02-11
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Last Update:
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2009-02-19
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Popularity:
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2,194 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
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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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in AIX, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to the "at" command being setuid root and not dropping privileges when reading certain files. This can be exploited to read arbitrary files on the system.
The vulnerability is reported in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1.
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