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
- 68296 vdb-entry
- 20140708 CVE-2014-3074 - Runtime Linker Allows Privilege Escalation Via Arbitrary File Writes in IBM AIX mailing-list
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-3074/
- IV60940 vendor-advisory
- 20140708 CVE-2014-3074 - Runtime Linker Allows Privilege Escalation Via Arbitrary File Writes in IBM AIX mailing-list
- 1030504 vdb-entry
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/malloc_advisory.asc
- IV61311 vendor-advisory
- ibm-aix-cve20143074-priv-escalation(93816) vdb-entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127390/IBM-AIX-Runtime-Linker-Privilege-Escalation.html
- IV60935 vendor-advisory
- IV61315 vendor-advisory
- 59344 third-party-advisory
- IV61313 vendor-advisory
- IV61314 vendor-advisory