CVE-2008-4018 | BDVDB-2026-32348 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_advisory.asc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31739
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18335
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2490
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18334
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18338
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44903
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ28943
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18339
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30999
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18341
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020818
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5932
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.