Vigil@nce - AIX: privilege escalation via LVM lquerylv
January 2015 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can use lquerylv of AIX, in order to escalate his
privileges.
Impacted products: AIX
Severity: 2/4
Creation date: 14/01/2015
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The AIX system supports the LVM (Logical Volume Manager) file
system.
The lquerylv command queries the logical volume. However, an
attacker can set the DBGCMD_LQUERYLV environment variable, to gain
root privileges. Technical details are unknown.
A local attacker can therefore use lquerylv of AIX, in order to
escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/AIX-privilege-escalation-via-LVM-lquerylv-15970