IBM AIX 5.3 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM AIX 5.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2007-0392. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 5.3 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM AIX 5.3 does not properly verify the status of file descriptors before setuid execution, which allows local users to gain privileges by closing file descriptor 0, 1, or 2 and then invoking a setuid program, a variant of CVE-2002-0572.

The issue has been introduced in 08/01/2004. The weakness was published 01/19/2007 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-0392 since 01/19/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 901 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entries are available at VDB-34542 and VDB-34541. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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08/01/2004 🔍
01/19/2007 +901 days 🔍
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03/13/2015 +2975 days 🔍
04/11/2019 +1490 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-0392 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0392
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34540
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 10:40
Updated: 04/11/2019 23:11
Changes: 03/13/2015 10:40 (49), 04/11/2019 23:11 (1)
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