IBM AIX 5.2.0/5.3.0 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in IBM AIX 5.2.0/5.3.0. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-5011. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM AIX 5.2.0/5.3.0 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. 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:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in snappd in IBM AIX 5.2.0 and 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a Trojan horse program, involving the "system subroutine".

The bug was discovered 09/25/2006. The weakness was shared 09/26/2006 (Website). The advisory is available at www-1.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5011 since 09/26/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1423 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 28741 (AIX 5.3 TL 5 / 5.3 TL 6 : bos.net.snapp (U809493)), 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 115445 (IBM Snappd AIX Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29157), Tenable (28741), SecurityFocus (BID 20193†), OSVDB (29184†) and Secunia (SA22108†). The entries VDB-2474, VDB-2490, VDB-2568 and VDB-2570 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 28741
Nessus Name: AIX 5.3 TL 5 / 5.3 TL 6 : bos.net.snapp (U809493)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-1.ibm.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5011 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5011
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32474
X-Force: 29157
SecurityFocus: 20193 - IBM Snappd AIX Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 22108 - IBM AIX snappd Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 29184 - IBM - Snappd - AIX - Local Arbitrary Command Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1016919
Vulnerability Center: 13063 - IBM AIX 5.2.0 and 5.3.0 Local Execution of Arbitrary Commands Via a Trojan Horse Program, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3770

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Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 06/16/2025 02:04
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (79), 07/10/2019 16:25 (4), 04/09/2025 05:14 (17), 06/16/2025 02:04 (2)
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