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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM AIX 5.2 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Buffer overflow in crontab in IBM AIX 5.2 allows local users to gain privileges via long command line arguments.
The bug was discovered 10/30/2007. The weakness was disclosed 11/05/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-4621 since 08/30/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 08/23/2019). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1808 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29019 (AIX 5.2 TL 10 : bos.rte.cron (U812104)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family AIX Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38164) and Tenable (29019). The entries 3421, 3428, 3427 and 3424 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 29019
Nessus Name: AIX 5.2 TL 10 : bos.rte.cron (U812104)
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Timeline
10/01/2002 🔍05/11/2007 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4621 (🔍)
X-Force: 38164
SecurityTracker: 1018871
Vulnerability Center: 20440 - IBM AIX 5.2 crontab Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Allows Local Privilege Escalation, High
SecurityFocus: 26263 - IBM AIX crontab Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 27437
OSVDB: 40404 - IBM - AIX - Crontab Local - Privilege Escalation Issue
Vupen: ADV-2007-3669
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 12:18Updated: 08/23/2019 14:57
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (67), 08/23/2019 14:57 (12)
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