CVE-2014-3074
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
02/07/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025
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.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.1.4:fp-25_sp-02:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/malloc_advisory.asc
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127390/IBM-AIX-Runtime-Linker-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/31
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59344
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60935
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60940
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61311
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61313
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61314
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61315
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532689/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68296
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030504
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93816
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-3074/
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/malloc_advisory.asc
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127390/IBM-AIX-Runtime-Linker-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/31
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59344
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60935
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60940
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61311
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61313
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61314
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61315
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532689/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68296
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030504
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93816
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-3074/



