CVE-2007-5805

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

cfgcon de IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 no valida apropiadamente el argumento de la opción "-p" en swcons, lo cual permite a usuarios locales en el grupo del sistema crear un fichero de su elección, y habilitar la escritura de todos en este fichero, a través de un enlace simbólico involucrando el uso del nombre del fichero como argumento. NOTA: este asunto se debe a un parche incompleto para CVE-2007-5804.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-11-05 CVE Reserved
2007-11-05 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=611	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27437	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38154	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cfgcon_ifix.tar	2017-07-29
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26258	2017-07-29
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile100405	2017-07-29

URL	Date	SRC
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03055	2017-07-29
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03061	2017-07-29

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.2"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.3 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.3"		-		Affected