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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-5774 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:47:00.214Z

Reserved: 2007-11-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-5804

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-11-05T17:46:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-5804

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