CVE-2014-3074
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (48th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-3095)
- Published
- July 2, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3095 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/malloc_advisory.asc(Vendor Advisory)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127390/IBM-AIX-Runtime-Linker-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/31
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59344
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60935(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60940(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61311(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61313(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61314(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61315(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532689/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68296
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030504
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93816
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-3074/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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