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CVE-2005-0250Format string vulnerability in auditselect on IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.54%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 54% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Format string vulnerability in auditselect on IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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)
- 0.54% · top 54% of all CVEs (15 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.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- VU#896729 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- aix-auditselect-format-string(19255) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- IY67519 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IY67802 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 14198 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1013103 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 12496 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- IY67472 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 20050208 IBM AIX auditselect Local Format String Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0251 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-0250)Record last updated .