CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-8904

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in lquerylv in cmdlvm in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 and VIOS 2.2.x allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted DBGCMD_LQUERYLV environment-variable value.

Risk Assessment

Local users may gain unauthorized access to elevated privileges, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor local user access.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

lquerylv in cmdlvm in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 and VIOS 2.2.x allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted DBGCMD_LQUERYLV environment-variable value.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS