Privilege escalation in IBM AIX - CVE-2017-1692
Published: February 6, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10385
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1692
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM AIX
IBM AIX
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an unspecified flaw in bellmail, caccelstat, iostat, lquerypv, restbyinode, and vmstat. A local attacker can gain root privileges.
The weakness exists due to an unspecified flaw in bellmail, caccelstat, iostat, lquerypv, restbyinode, and vmstat. A local attacker can gain root privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-1692
Install update from vendor's website.