IBM AIX 4.3.3/5.1/5.1l line race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM AIX 4.3.3/5.1/5.1l and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation of the argument line results in race condition. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2697. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM AIX 4.3.3/5.1/5.1l (Operating System). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument line with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Inventory Scout daemon (invscoutd) 1.3.0.0 and 2.0.2 for AIX 4.3.3 and 5.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a command line argument (log file). NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2006-5002.

The issue has been introduced in 09/01/1999. The weakness was published 03/26/2004 by watercloud (Website). The advisory is shared at securiteam.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-2697 since 10/06/2007. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at xfocus.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1668 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 databases at X-Force (15620), Exploit-DB (23883), SecurityFocus (BID 9982†), OSVDB (4582†) and Secunia (SA11200†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: AIX 5.2

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09/01/1999 🔍
03/26/2004 +1668 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

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

CVE: CVE-2004-2697 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2697
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23565
X-Force: 15620
SecurityFocus: 9982 - AIX Invscoutd Symbolic Link Vulnerability
Secunia: 11200 - AIX invscoutd Insecure Logfile Handling Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 4582 - IBM AIX invscoutd Insecure Logfile Handling

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 06/05/2024 04:16
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (55), 01/14/2018 10:28 (14), 06/05/2024 04:16 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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