CVE-2006-4254

IBM AIX <5.3.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-4254. PoCs published by Thomas Pollet.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in the setlocale() function on AIX 5.2. It uses a crafted environment variable to trigger the overflow and execute shellcode, resulting in arbitrary command execution.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in setlocale in IBM AIX 5.1.0 through 5.3.0 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Thomas Pollet · pythonlocalaix

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4612

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This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in the setlocale() function on AIX 5.2. It uses a crafted environment variable to trigger the overflow and execute shellcode, resulting in arbitrary command execution.

Classification

Working Poc 95%

Attack Type

Rce

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Reliable

Target: AIX 5.2 setlocale()

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Access to the target system to set environment variables · Presence of vulnerable AIX 5.2 system

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