IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 WebAccess access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component WebAccess. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0585. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component WebAccess. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

sysmgt.websm.webaccess in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 has world writable permissions for unspecified WebSM Remote Client files, which allows local users to "alter the behavior of" this client by overwriting these files.

The bug was discovered 01/22/2008. The weakness was disclosed 02/04/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-0585 since 02/04/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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 attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1653 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 65307 (AIX 5.3 TL 6 : sysmgt.websm.webaccess (U808568)), 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 116246 (IBM AIX WebSM Remote Client For Linux Local Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39906), Tenable (65307), SecurityFocus (BID 27433†), OSVDB (40430†) and Secunia (SA28609†). The entries VDB-3566, VDB-3562, VDB-3563 and VDB-3564 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 65307
Nessus Name: AIX 5.3 TL 6 : sysmgt.websm.webaccess (U808568)
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10/01/2002 🔍
04/11/2007 +1653 days 🔍
01/22/2008 +286 days 🔍
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01/24/2008 +2 days 🔍
01/27/2008 +3 days 🔍
02/04/2008 +8 days 🔍
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03/13/2013 +1864 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +733 days 🔍
06/01/2025 +3730 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-0585 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0585
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40847
X-Force: 39906
SecurityFocus: 27433 - IBM AIX WebSM Remote Client For Linux Local Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability
Secunia: 28609
OSVDB: 40430 - IBM - AIX - WebSM Remote Client For Linux Local Insecure File Permissions Issue
Vulnerability Center: 17462 - IBM AIX WebSM on Linux Allows Local Users to Bypass Certain Files Permissions, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0261

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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 06/01/2025 15:29
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (69), 08/04/2019 10:06 (8), 06/01/2025 15:29 (18)
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