CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: the runtime linker in ibm aix 6.1 and 7.1 and vios 2.2.x allows local users to create a mode-666 root-owned file, and consequently gain privileges, by setting crafted mallocoptions and mallocbuckets environment-variable values and then executing a setuid program.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2014-07-02
Last Modified Date: 2018-10-09