CVE-2007-5804

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…

published November 5, 2007

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
22.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00308 · 22.2th percentile
Published
2007-11-05T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 NOV 17:00Z
    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…
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