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CVE-2007-5805
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…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.31%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (7)
- aix-swcons-insecure-permissions(38154) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 27437 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26258 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- IZ03055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ03061 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 20071030 IBM AIX swcons Local Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile100405 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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