CVE-2007-5805
CVSS V2 Medium 6.9
CVSS V3 None
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 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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2007-5805
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2007-11-05T17:46:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-07-29T01:33:52
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- COMPLETE
- Integrity Impact
- COMPLETE
- Availability Impact
- COMPLETE
- Base Score
- 6.9
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 3.4
- Impact Score
- 10
References
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5805 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5805 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 09:11:45 | Added to TrackCVE |