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CVE-2008-4018 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_advisory.asc CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31739 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020818 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18334 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18335 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18338 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18339 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18341 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ28943 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30999 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2490 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44903 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5932 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4018
NVD Published Date:
09/10/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE