CVE-2008-4018

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4018
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-11 01:13:52 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionswcons in bos.rte.console in IBM AIX 5.2.0 through 6.1.1 allows local users in the system group to create or overwrite an arbitrary file, and establish weak permissions and root ownership for this file, via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this can be leveraged to gain privileges. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-5805.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:L/AC:L/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
Operating System Ibm Aix 6.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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IBM IZ18341: SYSTEM GROUP USERS CAN CREATE/MODIFY FILES REGARDLESS OF PERMS APPLIES TO AIX 6100-00 - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
IBM AIX 'swcons' Insecure File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_advisory.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 aix.software.ibm.com
IBM IZ18338: SYSTEM GROUP USERS CAN CREATE/MODIFY FILES REGARDLESS OF PERMS APPLIES TO AIX 5300-07 - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
IBM AIX "swcons" Command Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
IBM AIX swcons Bug Lets Local Users Gain Root Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
IBM IZ28943: SYSTEM GROUP USERS CAN CREATE/MODIFY FILES REGARDLESS OF PERMS APPLIES TO AIX 6100-01 - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
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