CVE-2008-0585 (GCVE-0-2008-0585)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-02-05 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:54
VLAI
Summary
sysmgt.websm.webaccess in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 has world writable permissions for unspecified WebSM Remote Client files, which allows local users to "alter the behavior of" this client by overwriting these files.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2354 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/28609 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27433 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY97257 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscri… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2008-01-22 00:00
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