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CVE-2014-3074
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2014-07-02 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-264
Description
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.
Affected products
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/malloc_advisory.asc
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127390/IBM-AIX-Runtime-Linker-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/31
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59344
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60935
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60940
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61311
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61313
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61314
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61315
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532689/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68296
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