CVE-2008-4018
7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
swcons 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.
Affected configurations
References
aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_advisory.asc
secunia.com/advisories/31739
securitytracker.com/id?1020818
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18334
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18335
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18338
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18339
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18341
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ28943
www.securityfocus.com/bid/30999
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2490
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44903
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5932
Related
7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%