CVE-2015-5005 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

CSPOC in IBM PowerHA SystemMirror on AIX 6.1 and 7.1 allows remote authenticated users to perform an "su root" action by leveraging presence on the cluster-wide password-change list.

Published: 2015-11-08

Score: 8.5 High

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powerha_system_mirror:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-5022	CSPOC in IBM PowerHA SystemMirror on AIX 6.1 and 7.1 allows remote authenticated users to perform an "su root" action by leveraging presence on the cluster-wide password-change list.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01256.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/powerha_advisory.asc
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV76943
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV76946
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV77007
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76948

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix Powerha System Mirror

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2015-11-08T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:32:31.903Z

Reserved: 2015-06-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5005

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-11-08T22:59:14.173

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-5005

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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