CVE-2007-5804

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 or overwrite an arbitrary file, and enable world writability of this file, by using the file's name as the argument.

Link	Resource
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=611
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cfgcon_ifix.tar	Patch
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile100405	Patch
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03055
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03061
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26258	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/27437
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38154

Configuration 1

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

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Published : 2007-11-05 05:46

Updated : 2017-07-29 01:33

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NVD link : CVE-2007-5804

Mitre link : CVE-2007-5804

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