CVE-2005-2236

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Format string vulnerability in the paginit command in IBM AIX 5.3, and possibly other versions, might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via format strings in command line arguments.

Format string vulnerability in the paginit command in IBM AIX 5.3, and possibly other versions, might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via format strings in command line arguments.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 19 years ago

2005-07-12 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:51:00

Affected Software

IBM AIX 5.3

5.3

References

1014132

http://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2005-0003.txt

Vendor Advisory

13911

Exploit

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