2008-1599 | IBM AIX access control (XFDB-41160 / 64315)

By Max On Jul 31, 2021

CVSS Meta Temp Score	Current Exploit Price (≈)	CTI Interest Score
8.4	$5k-$25k	0.30

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3/6.1 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The issue has been introduced in 10/01/2002. The weakness was shared 03/31/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-1599 since 03/31/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn’t require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 07/31/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2008 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64315 (AIX 5.2 TL 0 : nddstat (IZ16991)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family AIX Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41160), Vulnerability Center (SBV-33879) and Tenable (64315). The entries 41786, 41785, 41783 and 41782 are related to this item.

Type

Vendor

Name

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍
🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍
🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 64315
Nessus Name: AIX 5.2 TL 0 : nddstat (IZ16991)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Port: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfoedit

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

10/01/2002 🔍
03/04/2008 +1981 days 🔍
03/31/2008 +26 days 🔍
03/31/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/31/2008 +0 days 🔍
11/20/2011 +1329 days 🔍
01/30/2013 +437 days 🔍
12/18/2014 +687 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +88 days 🔍
07/31/2021 +2329 days 🔍Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2008-1599 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 41160
Vulnerability Center: 33879 – IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, 5.3.7, 6.1 nddstat Programs Allow Local Privilege Escalation, High