IBM AIX 4.2.0 rsh memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM AIX 4.2.0 (Operating System). This affects an unknown part of the component rsh. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in rsh on AIX 4.2.0.0 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

The issue has been introduced in 05/17/1996. The weakness was released 06/11/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-1330. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1851 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 16760.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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05/17/1996 🔍
06/11/2001 +1851 days 🔍
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07/04/2014 +4771 days 🔍
04/13/2019 +1744 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-1330 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2014 12:56
Updated: 04/13/2019 10:53
Changes: 07/04/2014 12:56 (43), 04/13/2019 10:53 (10)
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