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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,…
High7.2EPSS 0.39%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% 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: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (13)
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_advisory.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31739 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- IZ18335 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2490 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- IZ18334 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ18338 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- ibm-aix-swcons-code-execution(44903) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- IZ28943 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ18339 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 30999 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- IZ18341 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 1020818 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5932 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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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