IBM AIX 6.1/6.1.1/6.1.2 Authorization bos.rte.cron access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM AIX 6.1/6.1.1/6.1.2 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file bos.rte.cron of the component Authorization. This manipulation causes access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5384. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 6.1/6.1.1/6.1.2 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file bos.rte.cron of the component Authorization. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

crontab in bos.rte.cron in IBM AIX 6.1.0 through 6.1.2 allows local users with aix.system.config.cron authorization to gain privileges by launching an editor.

The bug was discovered 11/26/2008. The weakness was shared 11/27/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5384 since 12/08/2008. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 337 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 37494 (AIX 6.1 TL 1 : bos.rte.cron (U819815)), 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 116261 (IBM AIX 6.1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46896), Tenable (37494), SecurityFocus (BID 32493†), OSVDB (50218†) and Secunia (SA32916†). The entries VDB-45352, VDB-45351 and VDB-45350 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 37494
Nessus Name: AIX 6.1 TL 1 : bos.rte.cron (U819815)
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11/09/2007 🔍
10/11/2008 +337 days 🔍
11/26/2008 +46 days 🔍
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11/27/2008 +1 days 🔍
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11/30/2008 +2 days 🔍
12/08/2008 +8 days 🔍
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04/23/2009 +136 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2154 days 🔍
08/21/2019 +1618 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5384 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5384
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45349

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X-Force: 46896
SecurityFocus: 32493 - IBM AIX Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32916 - IBM AIX Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 50218 - IBM AIX bos.rte.cron /usr/bin/crontab Editor Local Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1021291
Vulnerability Center: 20073 - IBM AIX <=6.1.2 \, Medium

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/21/2019 09:49
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (86), 08/21/2019 09:49 (2)
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