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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4018

Original release date:09/11/2008

Last revised:03/04/2009

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:7.2 (HIGH) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 10.0

Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Locally exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: XF

Name: ibm-aix-swcons-code-execution(44903)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44903

External Source: BID

Name: 30999

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30999

External Source: AIXAPAR

Name: IZ28943

Hyperlink:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ28943

External Source: AIXAPAR

Name: IZ18341

Hyperlink:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18341