Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU48923

Privilege escalation in IBM AIX - CVE-2020-4829

Published: December 10, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU48923

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4829

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to unspecified error in the ksu user command. A local user can execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.

Affected software

IBM AIX
IBM VIOS

How to mitigate CVE-2020-4829

Install updates from vendor's website.

External References

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ksu_advisory.asc

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