CVE-2007-5804 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published 5 Nov 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local users in the system group can overwrite arbitrary files and enable world writability via improper validation in cfgcon, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2007-5804?

CVE-2007-5804 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ibm Aix, published on 5 Nov 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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 or overwrite an arbitrary file, and enable world writability of this file, by using the file's name as the argument.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5804?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Aix.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5804?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5804 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2007-5804 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5804 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-wjg4-7q94-8q6c.