IBM AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1/7.2 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1/7.2. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-1692. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1/7.2 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 contains an unspecified vulnerability that would allow a locally authenticated user to obtain root level privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 134067.

The bug was discovered 02/05/2018. The weakness was disclosed 02/07/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at aix.software.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-1692 since 11/30/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/02/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 111970 (AIX bos.acct Advisory : suid_advisory.asc (IV97810) (IV97811) (IV97896) (IV97897) (IV97898) (IV97899) (IV97900) (IV97901)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 330040 (IBM AIX "suid" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (suid_advisory)).

A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (111970). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 111970
Nessus Name: AIX bos.acct Advisory : suid_advisory.asc (IV97810) (IV97811) (IV97896) (IV97897) (IV97898) (IV97899) (IV97900) (IV97901)
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11/30/2016 🔍
02/05/2018 +432 days 🔍
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02/07/2018 +2 days 🔍
02/07/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/08/2018 +1 days 🔍
08/17/2018 +190 days 🔍
02/02/2021 +900 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: aix.software.ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-1692 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-1692
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112952

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X-Force: 134067
SecurityTracker: 1040330

Entryinfo

Created: 02/08/2018 07:00
Updated: 02/02/2021 16:46
Changes: 02/08/2018 07:00 (62), 01/02/2020 15:38 (7), 02/02/2021 16:46 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:5D4:103

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