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IBM AIX "chnfsmnt" Binary Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Title : IBM AIX "chnfsmnt" Binary Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0983
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1710
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-03-25

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in IBM AIX, which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0983
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18296

Credits

Vulnerability reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2008-03-25 : Initial release

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