SB20210120115 - Privilege escalation in IBM AIX
Published: January 20, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB20210120115
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4887)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the gencore user command allows files creation wit arbitrary content in any directory on the system. A local user can abuse this behavior and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.