IBM AIX 6.1 information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 6.1 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The kernel in IBM AIX 6.1 allows local users with ProbeVue privileges to read arbitrary kernel memory and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 03/11/2008. The weakness was presented 03/31/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www14.software.ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1598 since 03/31/2008. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29647 (AIX 6.1 : bos.mp64 (U813931)), 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 (41167) and Tenable (29647). See 41782, 41781, 41780 and 41779 for similar entries.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

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Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 29647
Nessus Name: AIX 6.1 : bos.mp64 (U813931)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www14.software.ibm.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1598 (🔍)
X-Force: 41167
SecurityTracker: 1019606
Vulnerability Center: 19236 - IBM AIX Vulnerability Allows Local Authenticated Attackers to Read Kernel Memory, Low
SecurityFocus: 28467 - IBM AIX Kernel Security Advisory 2008.03.26 Multiple Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 43128 - CVE-2008-1598 - IBM AIX - Information Disclosure Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-0865

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Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/16/2019 06:47
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (68), 08/16/2019 06:47 (10)
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