Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 14.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_advisory.asc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31739
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020818
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18334
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18335
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18338
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18339
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18341
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ28943
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30999
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2490
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44903
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5932
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_advisory.asc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31739
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020818
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18334
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18335
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18338
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18339
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18341
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ28943
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30999
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2490
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44903
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5932