IBM AIX up to 5.1 Message information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM AIX up to 5.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Message Handler. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-0243. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX up to 5.1 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Message Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

AIX 4.3.3 through AIX 5.1, when direct remote login is disabled, displays a different message if the password is correct, which allows remote attackers to guess the password via brute force methods.

The issue has been introduced in 09/17/1999. The weakness was presented 11/23/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0243. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1894 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 5.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (15172). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: AIX 5.2

Timelineinfo

09/17/1999 🔍
11/23/2004 +1894 days 🔍
11/23/2004 +0 days 🔍
06/22/2015 +3863 days 🔍
04/13/2019 +1391 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0243 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0243
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22388
X-Force: 15172

Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2015 15:37
Updated: 04/13/2019 11:33
Changes: 06/22/2015 15:37 (51), 04/13/2019 11:33 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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