CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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8.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM AIX 3.1/3.2/3.2.4/3.2.5 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component bugfilter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
aix bugfiler program allows local users to gain root access.
The issue has been introduced in 02/01/1990. The weakness was published 09/01/1997 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0115. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2769 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading to version 4.0 eliminates this vulnerability.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0
VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: AIX 4.0
Timeline
02/01/1990 🔍09/01/1997 🔍
09/01/1997 🔍
09/08/1997 🔍
06/18/2014 🔍
04/13/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-0115 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 1800 - AIX 3.x bugfiler Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 06/18/2014 16:08Updated: 04/13/2019 09:56
Changes: 06/18/2014 16:08 (53), 04/13/2019 09:56 (3)
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