Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-5805
CVE-2007-5805
Description
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.
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References
8- aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cfgcon_ifix.tarnvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26258nvdPatch
- www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblistnvdPatch
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.phpnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27437nvd
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38154nvd
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