Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-5010 - Unspecified vulnerability in IBM AIX 5.3.0

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
ibm
nessus
NVD
Published: 2006-09-27
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in acctctl in IBM AIX 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the path to point to a malicious mkdir program.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Ibm
1

Nessus

NASL familyAIX Local Security Checks
NASL idAIX_U809449.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is missing AIX PTF U809449, which is related to the security of the package bos.acct.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id28723
published2007-12-03
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28723
titleAIX 5.3 TL 5 / 5.3 TL 6 : bos.acct (U809449)
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted
# from AIX Security PTF U809449. The text itself is copyright (C)
# International Business Machines Corp.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(28723);
  script_version ("1.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/16 14:12:47");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-5010");

  script_name(english:"AIX 5.3 TL 5 / 5.3 TL 6 : bos.acct (U809449)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for PTF U809449");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote AIX host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is missing AIX PTF U809449, which is related to the
security of the package bos.acct."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88681"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Install the appropriate missing security-related fix."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:ibm:aix:5.3");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/08/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/08/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/12/03");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"AIX Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AIX/oslevel", "Host/AIX/version", "Host/AIX/lslpp");

  exit(0);
}



include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("aix.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/version") ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "AIX");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/lslpp") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

flag = 0;

if ( aix_check_patch(ml:"530005", patch:"U809449", package:"bos.acct.5.3.0.51") < 0 ) flag++;
if ( aix_check_patch(ml:"530006", patch:"U809449", package:"bos.acct.5.3.0.51") < 0 ) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:aix_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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