CVE-2007-5804
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.3% (24th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5774)
- Published
- November 5, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5774 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
References
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cfgcon_ifix.tar(Patch)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=611
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27437
- 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://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile100405(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38154
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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