Vigil@nce - IBM Java: privilege escalation via Absolute RPATH
October 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: AIX, DB2 UDB, IBM i, Tivoli System Automation,
WebSphere AS Traditional, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 23/08/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Absolute RPATH of IBM
Java, in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/IBM-Java-privilege-escalation-via-Absolute-RPATH-30136