cfgcon in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 does not properly...
Vulnerability 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
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38154
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27437
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26258
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03055
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cfgcon_ifix.tar
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03061
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=611
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile100405
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