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.
Published: 2014-07-02
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-3095 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:35:55.724Z

Reserved: 2014-04-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3074

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-07-02T10:35:25.453

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-3074

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