snap command in AIX before 4.3.2 creates the /tmp/ibmsupt directory with world-readable permissions and does not remove or clear the directory when snap -a is executed, which could allow local users to access the shadowed password file by creating /tmp/ibmsupt/general/passwd before root runs snap -a.
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EUVD-1999-1386 | snap command in AIX before 4.3.2 creates the /tmp/ibmsupt directory with world-readable permissions and does not remove or clear the directory when snap -a is executed, which could allow local users to access the shadowed password file by creating /tmp/ibmsupt/general/passwd before root runs snap -a. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.267Z
Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-1999-1405
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Status : Deferred
Published: 1999-02-17T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-1999-1405
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Weaknesses
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