IBM SDK on AIX RPATH privilege escalation

A vulnerability was found in IBM SDK on AIX (version unknown). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown part of the component RPATH Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 08/05/2019. The advisory is available at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-4473 since 01/03/2019. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/05/2019). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• IBM

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-269)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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01/03/2019 CVE assigned
08/05/2019 +214 days Advisory disclosed
08/05/2019 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/05/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateVendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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CVE: CVE-2019-4473 (🔒)

Created: 08/05/2019 10:05 PM
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