Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0087 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in IBM AIX libIM

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
national-language-support
exploit available

Summary

Buffer overflow in libIM library (libIM.a) for National Language Support (NLS) on AIX 4.3 through 5.2 allows local users to gain privileges via several possible attack vectors, including a long -im argument to aixterm.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
National_Language_Support
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionIBM AIX 4.3.3/5.1/5.2 libIM Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVE-2003-0087. Dos exploit for aix platform
idEDB-ID:22249
last seen2016-02-02
modified2003-02-12
published2003-02-12
reporterEuan Briggs
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/22249/
titleIBM AIX 4.3.3/5.1/5.2 libIM Buffer Overflow Vulnerability