IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-0588. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the utape program in devices.scsi.tape.diag in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 01/22/2008. The weakness was published 02/04/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-0588 since 02/04/2008. 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 1841 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29177 (AIX 5.3 TL 6 : devices.scsi.tape.diag (U814156)), 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 115911 (IBM AIX Utape Buffer Overflow).

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 (39909), Tenable (29177), SecurityFocus (BID 27430†), OSVDB (40414†) and Secunia (SA28609†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3566, VDB-3562, VDB-3563 and VDB-3564. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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: 29177
Nessus Name: AIX 5.3 TL 6 : devices.scsi.tape.diag (U814156)
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10/16/2007 +1841 days 🔍
12/03/2007 +48 days 🔍
01/22/2008 +50 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2597 days 🔍
06/01/2025 +3730 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-0588 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0588
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40850

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X-Force: 39909
SecurityFocus: 27430 - IBM AIX 'utape' Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 28609
OSVDB: 40414 - CVE-2008-0588 - IBM - AIX - Buffer-overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 17459 - IBM AIX Utape Command Vulnerability Allows Local Users to Gain Root Privileges or Cause DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0261

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 06/01/2025 15:29
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (69), 08/04/2019 09:55 (8), 06/01/2025 15:29 (18)
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