IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2007-5804. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

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

cfgcon in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 does not properly validate the argument to the "-p" option to swcons, which allows local users in the system group to create or overwrite an arbitrary file, and enable world writability of this file, by using the file s name as the argument.

The bug was discovered 10/25/2007. The weakness was released 11/05/2007 by Alex DeLarge (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www14.software.ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-5804 since 11/05/2007. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/23/2019). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1861 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 (38154), SecurityFocus (BID 26258†), OSVDB (40401†), Secunia (SA27437†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20423†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3421, VDB-3428, VDB-3427 and VDB-3424. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality 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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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/01/2002 🔍
05/11/2007 +1683 days 🔍
10/25/2007 +167 days 🔍
10/30/2007 +5 days 🔍
11/05/2007 +6 days 🔍
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01/11/2009 +433 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2255 days 🔍
08/23/2019 +1621 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www14.software.ibm.com
Researcher: Alex DeLarge
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-5804 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5804
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39551
X-Force: 38154
SecurityFocus: 26258 - IBM AIX Swcons Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability
Secunia: 27437
OSVDB: 40401 - IBM AIX swcons insecure permissions
Vulnerability Center: 20423 - IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 Swcons Allows Local Creation and Overwrite of Arbitrary Files, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 08/23/2019 12:18
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (60), 08/23/2019 12:18 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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