CVE-2005-0240

Published May 2, 2005

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: Format string vulnerability in chdev on IBM AIX 5.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument, which is not properly handled when printing an error message.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "17EECCCB-D7D1-439A-9985-8FAE8B44487B"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References