IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-4238. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

AIX 5.2 and 5.3 install pioinit with user and group ownership of bin, which allows local users with bin or possibly printq privileges to gain root privileges by modifying pioinit.

The bug was discovered 07/25/2007. The weakness was disclosed 08/08/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-4238 since 08/08/2007. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1761 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35658), SecurityFocus (BID 25080†), OSVDB (36782†), Secunia (SA26219†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018468†). The entries VDB-38236, VDB-38235, VDB-38033 and VDB-38032 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Timelineinfo

10/01/2002 🔍
07/25/2007 +1758 days 🔍
07/26/2007 +1 days 🔍
07/27/2007 +1 days 🔍
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08/08/2007 +11 days 🔍
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08/23/2019 +1622 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-4238 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4238
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38237
X-Force: 35658
SecurityFocus: 25080 - IBM AIX Pioinit File Overwrite Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 26219
OSVDB: 36782 - IBM AIX pioinit Permission Weakness Local Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1018468
Vulnerability Center: 20448 - IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3 Pioinit Insecure Permissions Allow Local Privilege Escalation, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2678

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 08/23/2019 16:08
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (60), 08/23/2019 16:08 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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