CVE-2008-4018 (GCVE-0-2008-4018)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-10 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:00
VLAI
Summary
swcons in bos.rte.console in IBM AIX 5.2.0 through 6.1.1 allows local users in the system group to create or overwrite an arbitrary file, and establish weak permissions and root ownership for this file, via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this can be leveraged to gain privileges. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-5805.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/31739 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2490 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18338 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30999 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1020818 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Date Public
2008-09-03 00:00
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