CVE-2006-4416 Information

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the mkvg command in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the path to point to a malicious (1) chdev (2) mkboot (3) varyonvg or (4) varyoffvg program.

Reference

ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README http://secunia.com/advisories/21620 http://secunia.com/advisories/22106 http://securitytracker.com/id?1016920 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19708 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20197 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3389 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3770 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88699 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88722 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88737 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29165