VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2007-5805
CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-11-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')