CVE-2011-3124 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2011-3124?

CVE-2011-3124 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Infosphere Information Server, published on 10 Aug 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.5 and 8.5.0.1 on Unix and Linux, as used in IBM InfoSphere DataStage 8.5 and 8.5.0.1 and other products, assigns incorrect ownership to unspecified files, which allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3124?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ibm Infosphere Datastage, Ibm Infosphere Information Server.

How do I fix CVE-2011-3124?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-3124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2011-3124 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Infosphere Information Server

• CVE-2016-6059 XML external entity in InfoSphere Information Server High 8.1
• CVE-2015-1900 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.2
• CVE-2011-3123 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.2
• CVE-2012-0701 Missing authorization in n/a Medium 6.5
• CVE-2016-9000 Cross-site scripting in InfoSphere Information Server Medium 6.1

All Ibm Infosphere Information Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-pp53-g8rh-p72w.