Vigil@nce - AIX: privilege escalation via Gencore User File Creation
March 2021 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: AIX.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights, data creation/edition.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 20/01/2021.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Gencore User File Creation
of AIX, in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/AIX-privilege-escalation-via-Gencore-User-File-Creation-34375