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.
Recent assessments:
timb-machine at March 05, 2021 12:36am UTC reported:
<https://www.portcullis.co.uk/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-3074/>
Assessed Attacker Value: 5
Assessed Attacker Value: 5Assessed Attacker Value: 5
aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/malloc_advisory.asc
packetstormsecurity.com/files/127390/IBM-AIX-Runtime-Linker-Privilege-Escalation.html
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/31
secunia.com/advisories/59344
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60935
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60940
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61311
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61313
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61314
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61315
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532689/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/68296
www.securitytracker.com/id/1030504
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3074
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93816
www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-3074