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CVE-2007-4238 (GCVE-0-2007-4238)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-08-08 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 14:46

Summary

AIX 5.2 and 5.3 install pioinit with user and group ownership of bin, which allows local users with bin or possibly printq privileges to gain root privileges by modifying pioinit.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2339 records in the last 180 days details

References

6 references

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http://secunia.com/advisories/26219	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018468	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://osvdb.org/36782	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2678	vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Date Public

2007-07-25 00:00

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CERTA-2007-AVI-352

Vulnerability from certfr_avis - Published: - Updated:

None

Description

Plusieurs vulnérabilités ont été identifiées dans le système d'exploitation IBM AIX. Parmi celles-ci :

un dysfonctionnement de la fonction rmpvc pourrait perturber le fonctionnement du système ;
un débordement de tampon dans lpd de bos.rte.printers permettrait à un utilisateur local d'élever ses privilèges ;
un débordement de tampon de devices.common.IBM.atm.rte permettrait à un utilisateur local d'élever ses privilèges ;
un utilisateur dans le groupe printq peut élever ses privilèges à ceux d'administrateur, en trichant avec le programme /usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/pioinit ;
etc.

Solution

Se référer au bulletin d'IBM pour l'obtention des correctifs (Service Packs)(cf. section Documentation).

None

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Description
	IBM	AIX	IBM AIX 5.3.
	IBM	AIX	IBM AIX 5.2 ;

References

Title

Publication Time

CERTA-2007-AVI-352

Vulnerability from certfr_avis - Published: - Updated:

None

Description

Plusieurs vulnérabilités ont été identifiées dans le système d'exploitation IBM AIX. Parmi celles-ci :

un dysfonctionnement de la fonction rmpvc pourrait perturber le fonctionnement du système ;
un débordement de tampon dans lpd de bos.rte.printers permettrait à un utilisateur local d'élever ses privilèges ;
un débordement de tampon de devices.common.IBM.atm.rte permettrait à un utilisateur local d'élever ses privilèges ;
un utilisateur dans le groupe printq peut élever ses privilèges à ceux d'administrateur, en trichant avec le programme /usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/pioinit ;
etc.

Solution

Se référer au bulletin d'IBM pour l'obtention des correctifs (Service Packs)(cf. section Documentation).

None

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Description
	IBM	AIX	IBM AIX 5.3.
	IBM	AIX	IBM AIX 5.2 ;

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Title

Publication Time

FKIE_CVE-2007-4238

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-08-08 22:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:43

Severity

Summary

AIX 5.2 and 5.3 install pioinit with user and group ownership of bin, which allows local users with bin or possibly printq privileges to gain root privileges by modifying pioinit.

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	cve@mitre.org	http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY79785
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	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2678

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	ibm	aix	5.2
	ibm	aix	5.3

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GHSA-RJGH-F2M3-GGCC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 18:21 – Updated: 2022-05-01 18:21

Details

AIX 5.2 and 5.3 install pioinit with user and group ownership of bin, which allows local users with bin or possibly printq privileges to gain root privileges by modifying pioinit.

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GSD-2007-4238

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

Details

AIX 5.2 and 5.3 install pioinit with user and group ownership of bin, which allows local users with bin or possibly printq privileges to gain root privileges by modifying pioinit.

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CVE-2007-4238

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CVE-2007-4238

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CVE-2007-4238 (GCVE-0-2007-4238)

CERTA-2007-AVI-352

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