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.
CVE-2014-3074 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from ibm, from ibm organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2014-07-02T10:35:25.453
2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Modified
CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.9
10.0
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.0.10 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.0.11 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.0.12 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.0.13 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.1.0 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.1.3 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.1.4 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.1.4 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.1.8 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.1.9 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.2.0 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.2.4 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.2.5 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.3.0 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.3.2 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | vios | 2.2.3.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | ibm | aix | 6.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | ibm | aix | 7.1 | Yes |
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