IBM AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1/7.2 LVM lquerylv access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1/7.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file lquerylv of the component LVM. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-6079. The attack needs to be performed locally. Additionally, an exploit exists. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1/7.2 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file lquerylv of the component LVM. 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:

IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 contains an unspecified vulnerability that would allow a locally authenticated user to obtain root level privileges. IBM APARs: IV88658, IV87981, IV88419, IV87640, IV88053.

The weakness was released 11/07/2016 as lquerylv_advisory.asc as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at aix.software.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-6079 since 06/29/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94444 (AIX 7.2 TL 0 : lquerylv (IV88053)), 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 330010 (IBM AIX lquerylv Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (lquerylv_advisory.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 (40710), Tenable (94444), SecurityFocus (BID 94090†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037256†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-66963 and VDB-48311. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 94444
Nessus Name: AIX 7.2 TL 0 : lquerylv (IV88053)
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06/29/2016 🔍
10/31/2016 +124 days 🔍
11/01/2016 +1 days 🔍
11/07/2016 +6 days 🔍
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02/15/2017 +97 days 🔍
09/26/2024 +2780 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: lquerylv_advisory.asc
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-6079 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6079
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93536

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SecurityFocus: 94090 - IBM AIX CVE-2016-6079 Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037256

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 11/10/2016 08:16
Updated: 09/26/2024 02:30
Changes: 11/10/2016 08:16 (70), 05/28/2019 09:22 (15), 06/05/2024 08:51 (17), 09/26/2024 02:30 (2)
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