CVE-2007-0392

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

IBM AIX 5.3 does not properly verify the status of file descriptors before setuid execution, which allows local users to gain privileges by closing file descriptor 0, 1, or 2 and then invoking a setuid program, a variant of CVE-2002-0572.

IBM AIX 5.3 does not properly verify the status of file descriptors before setuid execution, which allows local users to gain privileges by closing file descriptor 0, 1, or 2 and then invoking a setuid program, a variant of CVE-2002-0572.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 18 years ago

2007-01-19 23:28:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-16 16:32:00

Affected Software

IBM AIX 5.3

5.3

References

20070118 Multiple OS kernel insecure handling of stdio file descriptor

20070118 Re: Multiple OS kernel insecure handling of stdio file descriptor

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