CVE-2004-2634 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The (1) bos.rte.serv_aid or (2) bos.rte.console filesets in IBM AIX 5.1 and 5.2 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files via unknown attack vectors.

Published: 2005-12-04

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2625	The (1) bos.rte.serv_aid or (2) bos.rte.console filesets in IBM AIX 5.1 and 5.2 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files via unknown attack vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00045.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/11496
http://securitytracker.com/id?1009975
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY55789&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY55790&apar=only
http://www.osvdb.org/5711
http://www.osvdb.org/5712
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10231
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16008
https://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/pseries.subscriptionSvcs?mode=18&ID=279

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-12-04T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:36:24.568Z

Reserved: 2005-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2634

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2634

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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