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    CVE-2008-4018

    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.

    Published:Sep 10, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Sep 10, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00048
    CVSS Score:7.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Ibm
    Product
    Aix

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
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