CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-3074
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-07-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The runtime linker in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1 and VIOS 2.2.x allows local users to create a mode-666 root-owned file, and consequently gain privileges, by setting crafted MALLOCOPTIONS and MALLOCBUCKETS environment-variable values and then executing a setuid program.
Affected configurations
• ibm vios 2.2.0.10
• ibm vios 2.2.0.11
• ibm vios 2.2.0.12
• ibm vios 2.2.0.13
• ibm vios 2.2.1.0
• ibm vios 2.2.1.1
• ibm vios 2.2.1.3
• ibm vios 2.2.1.4
• ibm vios 2.2.1.8
• ibm vios 2.2.1.9
• ibm vios 2.2.2.0
• ibm vios 2.2.2.4
• ibm vios 2.2.2.5
• ibm vios 2.2.3.0
• ibm vios 2.2.3.2
• ibm vios 2.2.3.3
• ibm aix 6.1
• ibm aix 7.1
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/malloc_advisory.asc Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127390/IBM-AIX-Runtime-Linker-Privilege-Escalation.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/31 seclists.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59344 secunia.com
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60935 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60940 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61311 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61313 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61314 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61315 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532689/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68296 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030504 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93816 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-3074/ www.portcullis-security.com
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/malloc_advisory.asc Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127390/IBM-AIX-Runtime-Linker-Privilege-Escalation.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/31 seclists.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59344 secunia.com
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60935 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60940 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61311 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61313 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61314 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61315 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532689/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68296 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030504 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93816 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-3074/ www.portcullis-security.com