IBM PowerHA SystemMirror on AIX CSPOC access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM PowerHA SystemMirror on AIX and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component CSPOC. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-5005. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM PowerHA SystemMirror on AIX (the affected version is unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component CSPOC. 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:

CSPOC in IBM PowerHA SystemMirror on AIX 6.1 and 7.1 allows remote authenticated users to perform an "su root" action by leveraging presence on the cluster-wide password-change list.

The weakness was released 11/08/2015 by Kristian Erik Hermansen (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-5005 since 06/24/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 04/20/2018). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85943 (AIX 6.1 TL 0 : powerha (IV76943) (deprecated)), 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 124112 (IBM AIX PowerHA SystemMirror Privilege Escalation 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 Tenable (85943), SecurityFocus (BID 76948†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54607†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 85943
Nessus Name: AIX 6.1 TL 0 : powerha (IV76943) (deprecated)
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06/24/2015 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Researcher: Kristian Erik Hermansen
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-5005 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5005
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79076

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SecurityFocus: 76948 - IBM PowerHA SystemMirror CVE-2015-5005 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 54607 - IBM PowerHA SystemMirror on AIX 6.1 and 7.1 Remote Privilege Escalation, High

Entryinfo

Created: 11/09/2015 10:29
Updated: 04/20/2018 09:21
Changes: 11/09/2015 10:29 (58), 04/20/2018 09:21 (13)
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