PT-2004-2252 · Ibm · Aix

Cees-Bart · Published 2004-12-20 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2004-1329

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: AIX versions 5.1 through 5.3

Description: The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by modifying the DIAGNOSTICS environment variable to point to a malicious Dctrl program, affecting the diag commands lsmcode, diag exec, invscout, and invscoutd.

Recommendations: For AIX versions 5.1 through 5.3, consider restricting access to the diag commands lsmcode, diag exec, invscout, and invscoutd to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid modifying the DIAGNOSTICS environment variable to point to untrusted Dctrl programs until a fix is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1329

Affected Products

Aix

References · 10

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/12041 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/701 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/25039 · Exploit
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64389&apar=only · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1329 · Security Note
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64277&apar=only · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/464276/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110355931920123&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/464481/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18620 · Note