01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
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
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.9% 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
- 2008-09-10 15:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-10
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f9347ede7cca979825f0157547255f0e7cd0dc44767de07aa406bdbedee95e94
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- aix.software.ibm.comhttp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_advisory.asc
- secunia.com31739http://secunia.com/advisories/31739
- www.ibm.comIZ18335http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18335
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2490http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2490
- www.ibm.comIZ18334http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18334
- www.ibm.comIZ18338http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18338
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-aix-swcons-code-execution(44903)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44903
- www.ibm.comIZ28943http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ28943
- www.ibm.comIZ18339http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18339
- www.securityfocus.com30999http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30999
- www.ibm.comIZ18341http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18341
- securitytracker.com1020818http://securitytracker.com/id?1020818
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5932https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5932