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CVE-2015-5005

CSPOC in IBM PowerHA SystemMirror on AIX 6.1 and 7.1 allows remote authenticated users to perform an "su root" action by leveraging presence on the cluster-wide password-change list.

Published

2015-11-08T22:59:14.173

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 8.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

6.8

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	ibm	powerha_system_mirror	*	Yes
Operating System	ibm	aix	6.1	No
Operating System	ibm	aix	7.1	No

References

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/powerha_advisory.asc Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV76943 ([email protected])
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV76946 ([email protected])
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV77007 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76948 ([email protected])
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/powerha_advisory.asc Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV76943 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV76946 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV77007 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76948 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)