40407 : IBM AIX ftp domacro Function Macro Argument Local Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2007-08-15	2007-08-15	2007-10-30	2007-10-30

Time to Patch
76 days

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-4217" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Stack-based buffer overflow in the domacro function in ftp in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a long parameter to a macro, as demonstrated by executing a macro via the '$' command.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure

Solution

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

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1018871
CVE ID: 2007-4217 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 26260
Secunia Advisory ID: 27437
SCIP VulDB ID: 3421 3422 3423 3424 3425 3426 3427 3428
ISS X-Force ID: 38162
Related OSVDB ID: 40393 40394 40395 40396 40397 40398 40399 40400 40401 40402 40403 40404 40405 40406
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-3669
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_ifix.tar http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05487
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05488
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200709%2FSECURITY%2F20070905%2Fdatafile101815
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-10/0438.html
Other Advisory URL: http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=616
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05487
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05488

Credit

Joshua J. Drake - iDefense Labs

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-11-06 | Disagree?

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