>> IBM AIX "drmgr" Command Pathname Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Title : IBM AIX "drmgr" Command Pathname Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1186 CVE ID : CVE-2007-1798
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-04-02
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in IBM AIX, which could be exploited by local attackers obtain elevated privileges. This issue is due to a buffer overflow error in the "drmgr" command when handling an overly long path name, which could be exploited by malicious users to execute arbitrary commands with "root" privileges.
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