FKIE_CVE-2014-3074
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-07-02 10:35 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:07
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibm | vios | 2.2.0.10 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.0.11 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.0.12 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.0.13 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.1.0 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.1.1 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.1.3 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.1.4 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.1.4 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.1.8 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.1.9 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.2.0 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.2.4 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.2.5 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.3.0 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.3.2 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.3.3 | |
| ibm | aix | 6.1 | |
| ibm | aix | 7.1 |
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