IBM AIX 5.3/5.3 L unknown vulnerability

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM AIX 5.3/5.3 L (Operating System). This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in (1) getshell and (2) getcommand in ibm aix 5.3 allow local users to append to arbitrary files.

The issue has been introduced in 08/01/2004. The weakness was disclosed 12/15/2005 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-4273 since 12/15/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 501 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading to version 6.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (23638). The entries 1923, 1926, 1925 and 1924 are pretty similar.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
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VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
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Class: Unknown
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: AIX 6.1

Timelineinfo

08/01/2004 🔍
12/15/2005 +501 days 🔍
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12/16/2005 +1 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +2195 days 🔍
01/14/2018 +1039 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4273 (🔍)
X-Force: 23638
Vulnerability Center: 21167 - IBM AIX 5.3 getShell and getCommand Local Files Overwrite Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 15880 - IBM AIX GetShell and GetCommand Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
Secunia: 18088 - AIX Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
Vupen: ADV-2005-2947

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 01/14/2018 10:32
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (54), 01/14/2018 10:32 (12)
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