CVE-2007-5804 (GCVE-0-2007-5804)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-11-05 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:47
VLAI
Summary
cfgcon in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 does not properly validate the argument to the "-p" option to swcons, which allows local users in the system group to create or overwrite an arbitrary file, and enable world writability of this file, by using the file's name as the argument.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2157 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/27437 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26258 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cf… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscri… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2007-10-25 00:00
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