CVE-2007-5805

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5805
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-11-05 17:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptioncfgcon 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 an arbitrary file, and enable world writability of this file, via a symlink attack involving use of the file's name as the argument. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-5804.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM AIX Swcons Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cfgcon_ifix.tar af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 aix.software.ibm.com Patch
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-1.ibm.com
IBM AIX Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM - My notifications af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www14.software.ibm.com Patch
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-1.ibm.com
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