Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-2237 - Local Buffer Overflow vulnerability in IBM AIX Swcons Command Line Argument

CVSS 7.2 - HIGH

Attack vector

LOCAL

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

COMPLETE

Integrity impact

COMPLETE

Availability impact

COMPLETE

local

low complexity

ibm

NVD

Published: 2005-07-12

Updated: 2008-09-05

Summary

Format string vulnerability in the swcons command in IBM AIX 5.3, and possibly other versions, might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
OS	Ibm IBM AIX 5.3	1

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014132
http://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2005-0007.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13921