IBM AIX lscfg memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX (Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component lscfg. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in lscfg of unknown versions of AIX has unknown impact.

The bug was discovered 02/22/2002. The weakness was released 12/31/2002 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1686 since 06/21/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/02/2019). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 312 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (21902). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 19332, 19334 and 19335.

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

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Remote: Yes

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02/22/2002 🔍
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12/31/2002 +312 days 🔍
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06/21/2005 +903 days 🔍
04/30/2009 +1409 days 🔍
08/04/2014 +1922 days 🔍
09/02/2019 +1855 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1686 (🔍)
X-Force: 21902
Vulnerability Center: 21810 - IBM AIX 4.3 LSCFG Unknown Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Critical
OSVDB: 21392 - CVE-2002-1686 - IBM - AIX - Buffer Overflow Issue

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Created: 08/04/2014 16:27
Updated: 09/02/2019 11:39
Changes: 08/04/2014 16:27 (50), 09/02/2019 11:39 (9)
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