CVE-2008-4018

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

swcons in bos.rte.console in IBM AIX 5.2.0 through 6.1.1 allows local users in the system group to create or overwrite an arbitrary file, and establish weak permissions and root ownership for this file, via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this can be leveraged to gain privileges. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-5805.

swcons en bos.rte.console en IBM AIX v5.2.0 a v 6.1.1, permite a usuarios locales en el grupo de "sistema" crear o sobreescribir archivos de su elección y establecer permisos débiles y asignar la propiedad del archivo a administradores a través de vectores no especificados. NOTA: esto puede ser aprovechado para obtener privielegios. NOTA: esta vulnerabilidad existe por un fallo no corregido en CVE-2007-5805.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.2

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-09-10 CVE Reserved
2008-09-10 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (13)

URL	Tag	Source
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_advisory.asc	X_refsource_confirm
http://secunia.com/advisories/31739	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020818	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30999	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2490	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44903	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5932	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18334	2017-09-29
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18335	2017-09-29
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18338	2017-09-29
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18339	2017-09-29
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18341	2017-09-29
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ28943	2017-09-29

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
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				6.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "6.1"		-		Affected