IBM AIX 4.3.3 CC memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in IBM AIX 4.3.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation of the argument CC leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2004-2312. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 4.3.3 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument CC with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in GNU make for IBM AIX 4.3.3, when installed setgid, allows local users to gain privileges via a long CC argument.

The issue has been introduced in 09/01/1999. The weakness was published 03/22/2004 by watercloud (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-2312 since 08/16/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

After 2 days, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at xfocus.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1664 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading to version 5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15554), Exploit-DB (23838), SecurityFocus (BID 9903†), OSVDB (4391†) and Secunia (SA11158†). Similar entries are available at VDB-22036 and VDB-81966. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: AIX 5.1

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09/01/1999 🔍
03/17/2004 +1659 days 🔍
03/22/2004 +5 days 🔍
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03/24/2004 +1 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +282 days 🔍
08/16/2005 +228 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3492 days 🔍
06/05/2024 +3376 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: watercloud
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2312 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2312
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23210
X-Force: 15554
SecurityFocus: 9903 - GNU Make For IBM AIX CC Path Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 11158 - AIX Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 4391 - IBM AIX GNU make Utility CC Option Local Overflow

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 16:19
Updated: 06/05/2024 04:58
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:19 (56), 01/14/2018 10:28 (15), 06/05/2024 04:58 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:B20:103

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