CVE-2008-4018

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 00:50

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_advisory.asc - () http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_advisory.asc -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/31739 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/31739 -
References () http://securitytracker.com/id?1020818 - () http://securitytracker.com/id?1020818 -
References () http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18334 - () http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18334 -
References () http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18335 - () http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18335 -
References () http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18338 - () http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18338 -
References () http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18339 - () http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18339 -
References () http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18341 - () http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18341 -
References () http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ28943 - () http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ28943 -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30999 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30999 -
References () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2490 - () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2490 -
References () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44903 - () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44903 -
References () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5932 - () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5932 -

Information

Published : 2008-09-11 01:13

Updated : 2024-11-21 00:50


NVD link : CVE-2008-4018

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4018

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-4018


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Products Affected

ibm

  • aix
CWE
CWE-264

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