IBM AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1 lquerylv DBGCMD_LQUERYLV access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in IBM AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the component lquerylv. Such manipulation of the argument DBGCMD_LQUERYLV leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-8904. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component lquerylv. The manipulation of the argument DBGCMD_LQUERYLV 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. CVE summarizes:

lquerylv in cmdlvm in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 and VIOS 2.2.x allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted DBGCMD_LQUERYLV environment-variable value.

The issue has been introduced in 08/13/2004. The weakness was disclosed 01/13/2015 as lvm_advisory.asc as confirmed advisory (Website) via Securiteam. The advisory is available at aix.software.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-8904 since 11/14/2014. Local access is required to approach this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by S2 Crew and been published 11 months 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 3805 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83879 (AIX 6.1 TL 9 : bos.rte.lvm (U865862)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family AIX Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123165 (IBM AIX "cmdlvm" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (99193), Exploit-DB (38576), Tenable (83879), Secunia (SA62195†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1031596†). The entry VDB-40848 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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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 83879
Nessus Name: AIX 6.1 TL 9 : bos.rte.lvm (U865862)
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01/13/2015 +60 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: lvm_advisory.asc
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-8904 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8904
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68822

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X-Force: 99193
Secunia: 62195 - IBM AIX / Virtual I/O Server lquerylv Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1031596 - IBM AIX lquerylv Command Lets Local Users Gain Root Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 48077 - IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1 and 7.1 Local Privileges Escalation via \x27lquerylv\x27 Command with Variable \x27DBGCMD_LQUERYLV\x27, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 01/26/2015 08:16
Updated: 12/08/2024 23:52
Changes: 01/26/2015 08:16 (77), 06/18/2017 09:07 (12), 03/05/2022 21:53 (3), 06/05/2024 04:46 (15), 12/08/2024 23:52 (2)
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