CVE-2007-5804
Published Nov 5, 2007
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.9
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.4
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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{
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{
"negate": false,
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"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "17EECCCB-D7D1-439A-9985-8FAE8B44487B"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "EA8DDF4A-1C5D-4CB1-95B3-69EAE6572507"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]