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
Published Nov 5, 2007
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.31%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00306) | 21.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00306) | 22.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00027) | 4.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cfgcon_ifix.tar x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=611 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27437 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03055 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03061 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26258 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile100405 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38154 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cfgcon_ifix.tar | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=611 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27437 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03055 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR | |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03061 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26258 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile100405 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38154 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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