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CVE-2007-5804

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.31%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2007-11-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2007-5804
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.31%

Original NVD 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 or overwrite an arbitrary file, and enable world writability of this file, by using the file's name as the argument.