6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cfgcon_ifix.tar
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=611
secunia.com/advisories/27437
www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03055
www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03061
www.securityfocus.com/bid/26258
www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile100405
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38154