01 Record
CVE-2005-0250
Format string vulnerability in auditselect on IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in auditselect on IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-02-08 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-02-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5302fb6494d3158ecac63a88ce7e20ea8552663f00312181777eb0bbb58945a4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#896729http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896729
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaix-auditselect-format-string(19255)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19255
- www-1.ibm.comIY67519http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67519
- www-1.ibm.comIY67802http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67802
- secunia.com14198http://secunia.com/advisories/14198
- securitytracker.com1013103http://securitytracker.com/id?1013103
- www.securityfocus.com12496http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12496
- www-1.ibm.comIY67472http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67472
- www.idefense.com20050208 IBM AIX auditselect Local Format String Vulnerabilityhttp://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=193&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false