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CVE-2007-5804
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%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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 or overwrite an arbitrary file, and enable world writability of this file, by using the file's name as the argument.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | 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 (8 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
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
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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