Vigil@nce - IBM Java: privilege escalation via RPATH
May 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: AIX, IBM i, Tivoli System Automation, WebSphere
AS Liberty, WebSphere AS Traditional, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 06/03/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via RPATH of IBM Java, in
order to escalate his privileges.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/IBM-Java-privilege-escalation-via-RPATH-28666