IBM AIX 6.1/7.1/7.2 lsmcode access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 6.1/7.1/7.2. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component lsmcode. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-3053. The attack needs to be performed locally. Additionally, an exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 6.1/7.1/7.2 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component lsmcode. 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. The summary by CVE is:

IBM AIX contains an unspecified vulnerability that would allow a locally authenticated user to obtain root level privileges.

The weakness was released 10/17/2016 as lsmcode_advisory2.asc as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at aix.software.ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-3053 since 03/09/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94099 (AIX 7.1 TL 3 : lsmcode (IV88457)), 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 330011 (IBM AIX lsmcode Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (lsmcode_advisory2.asc)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (40709), Tenable (94099), SecurityFocus (BID 93605†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037030†). 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: 94099
Nessus Name: AIX 7.1 TL 3 : lsmcode (IV88457)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: lsmcode_advisory2.asc
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-3053 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3053
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92741

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SecurityFocus: 93605 - IBM AIX CVE-2016-3053 Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037030

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 10/19/2016 00:45
Updated: 10/09/2024 07:24
Changes: 10/19/2016 00:45 (68), 05/12/2019 20:23 (15), 06/05/2024 12:15 (17), 10/09/2024 07:24 (2)
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