CVE-2014-3074
N/A
Published: July 2, 2014 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:07 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAIXVIOS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (15)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/malloc_advisory.ascMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/31Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60935Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60940Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61311Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61313Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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