VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-3074

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.58%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-07-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

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