Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU67203

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in IBM VIOS and IBM AIX - CVE-2022-34356

Published: September 12, 2022

Vulnerability identifier: #VU67203

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34356

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 improperly imposed security restrictions within the AIX kernel. A local non-privileged user can execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected software

IBM VIOS
IBM AIX

How to mitigate CVE-2022-34356

Install updates from vendor's website.

External References

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/kernel_advisory4.asc

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