IBM AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in IBM AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-2179. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. 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:

libodm.a in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

The issue has been introduced in 08/13/2004. The weakness was disclosed 06/22/2012 by Jakub Wartak (Website). The advisory is available at aix.software.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-2179 since 04/04/2012. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by Portcullis and been published 3 years after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2870 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74275 (AIX 7.1 TL 3 : bos.rte.odm (U860798)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family AIX Local Security Checks.

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 (75510), Exploit-DB (33725), Tenable (74275), SecurityFocus (BID 54122†) and OSVDB (83133†). The entry VDB-13479 is pretty similar. 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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Portcullis
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Nessus ID: 74275
Nessus Name: AIX 7.1 TL 3 : bos.rte.odm (U860798)
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08/13/2004 🔍
04/04/2012 +2791 days 🔍
06/21/2012 +78 days 🔍
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06/22/2012 +1 days 🔍
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07/08/2012 +16 days 🔍
06/03/2014 +695 days 🔍
06/12/2014 +9 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +284 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: aix.software.ibm.com
Researcher: Jakub Wartak
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-2179 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2179
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61082

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X-Force: 75510
SecurityFocus: 54122 - IBM AIX Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 83133
SecurityTracker: 1027193 - IBM AIX Symlink Flaw in libodm Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 35481 - libodm.a in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 Local Arbitrary Files Overwrite via a Symlink Attack, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 06/05/2024 10:44
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (60), 04/14/2017 13:54 (24), 12/05/2021 10:04 (3), 06/05/2024 10:44 (15)
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