Description
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.
References (13)
Core 13
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_advisory.asc
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_aixapar
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18335
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_aixapar
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18334
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_aixapar
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18338
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44903
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31739
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2490
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_aixapar
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ28943
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_aixapar
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18339
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30999
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_aixapar
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18341
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020818
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5932
Scores
EPSS
0.0039
EPSS Percentile
31.7%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (3)
ibm/aix
5.2
ibm/aix
5.3
ibm/aix
6.1
Published
Sep 11, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026