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.

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*


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