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AIX bos.acct Advisory : suid_advisory.asc (IV97810) (IV97811) (IV97896) (IV97897) (IV97898) (IV97899) (IV97900) (IV97901)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111970

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Synopsis

The remote AIX host has a version of bos.acct installed that is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of bos_acct installed on the remote AIX host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability. A local attacker can exploit this to gain root privileges.

Solution

A fix is available and can be downloaded from the IBM AIX website.

See Also

https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/suid_advisory.asc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111970

File Name: aix_suid_advisory_bos_acct.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 8/17/2018

Updated: 4/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1692

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:bos_acct:bos_acct, cpe:/o:ibm:aix

Required KB Items: Host/AIX/lslpp, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AIX/version

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1692