Vulnerability in IBM Aix

CVE-2014-3074

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.

EPSS: 0.006 (44.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Ibm Aix — versions 6.1, 7.1
  • Ibm Vios — versions 2.2.0.10, 2.2.0.11, 2.2.0.12
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References