23921 : IBM AIX bos.rte.lvm mklvcopy Local Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-03-13

Keywords

NSFOCUS Security Advisory (SA2006-02)

Description

AIX contains a flaw that may allow a local attacker to gain increased privileges. The 'mklvcopy' command, part of the bos.rte.lvm package, calls external commands in an unsafe manner. This may allow a local attacker to call arbitrary programs that will run with increased privileges.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, IBM has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

International Business Machines Corporation

AIX

5.3

References

Bugtraq ID: 17115
Secunia Advisory ID: 19235
CVE ID: 2006-1246 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 2086
ISS X-Force ID: 25299
Keyword: APAR IY82739 NSFOCUS Security Advisory (SA2006-02)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0481.html
http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-March/000641.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY82739

Credit

Yang Jilong - NSFOCUS Security Team

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-03-17 | Disagree?

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