CVE-2007-5805

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 an arbitrary file, and enable world writability of this file, via a symlink attack involving use of the file's name as the argument. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-5804.

🔗 References (16)

• cve@mitreftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cfgcon_ifix.tar
• cve@mitrehttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=611
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/27437
• cve@mitrehttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03055
• cve@mitrehttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03061
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26258
• cve@mitrehttp://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile100405
• cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38154
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cfgcon_ifix.tar
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=611
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27437
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03055
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03061
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26258
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile100405