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CVE-2018-1655
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CVE-2018-1655
(Last updated July 24, 2020) ▾
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Description
IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 contains a vulnerability in the rmsock command that may be used to expose kernel memory. IBM X-Force ID: 144748.
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Technical Analysis
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0624
This bug is trivial to exploit but time consuming to gain useful advantage. Each execution of rmsock leaks 64 bits of kernel memory. Some work on grooming the kernel address space could make this more effective but I didn’t pursue it.
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Base Score:
5.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
None
General Information
Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
AIX 6.1
AIX 5.3
AIX 7.1
AIX 7.2
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
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Unknown
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Unknown
Reporter
Unknown
Vendors
- IBM
Products
- AIX
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Additional Info
Authenticated
Unknown
Exploitable
Unknown
Reliability
Unknown
Stability
Unknown
Available Mitigations
Unknown
Shelf Life
Unknown
Userbase/Installbase
Unknown
Patch Effectiveness
Unknown
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