SB2022011039 - Privilege escalation in IBM AIX lscore
Published: January 10, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022011039
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) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-38991)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the lscore command. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the the lscore command and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.