Privilege escalation in IBM AIX - CVE-2017-1376
Published: September 5, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8079
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1376
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the IBM J9 VM class verifier. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted untrusted code to disable the security manager and escalate his privileges on the system.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the IBM J9 VM class verifier. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted untrusted code to disable the security manager and escalate his privileges on the system.
Affected software
IBM AIX
IBM Cognos Controller
IBM Cognos Controller
How to mitigate CVE-2017-1376
Install update from vendor's website.