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CVE-2014-3074

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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.

References

https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-3074/

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93816

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030504

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68296

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532689/100/0/threaded

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61315

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61314

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61313

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61311

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60940

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60935

http://secunia.com/advisories/59344

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/31

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127390/IBM-AIX-Runtime-Linker-Privilege-Escalation.html

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/malloc_advisory.asc

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-07-02

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00081

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