IBM AIX up to 6.1.2 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM AIX up to 6.1.2. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-0370. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM AIX up to 6.1.2 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in IBM AIX 5.2.0 through 6.1.2 allow local users to append data to arbitrary files, related to (1) rmsock and (2) rmsock64 not creating "secure log files."

The bug was discovered 01/29/2009. The weakness was shared 01/30/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0370 since 01/30/2009. 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 vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2312 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38372 (AIX 5.3 TL 8 : bos.net.tcp.client (U822048)), 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 116219 (IBM AIX rmsock Log Append File 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 (48377), Tenable (38372), SecurityFocus (BID 33522†), OSVDB (52606†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-21008†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 38372
Nessus Name: AIX 5.3 TL 8 : bos.net.tcp.client (U822048)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-0370 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0370
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46199

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X-Force: 48377
SecurityFocus: 33522 - IBM AIX 'rmsock' Insecure Log File Handling Vulnerability
OSVDB: 52606 - IBM - AIX - 'rmsock' Insecure Log File Handling Issue
Vulnerability Center: 21008 - IBM AIX 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 5.3.7 through 5.3.9, 6.1.0 through 6.1.2 Allow Local Attackers to Append Data to Arbitrary Files, High

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/15/2025 17:28
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (67), 08/28/2019 08:02 (6), 05/15/2025 17:28 (18)
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