Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-5804 - Unspecified vulnerability in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
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.
References
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cfgcon_ifix.tar
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cfgcon_ifix.tar
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=611
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=611
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27437
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27437
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26258
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26258
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03055
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03055
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03061
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03061
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile100405
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile100405
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38154
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38154