CVE-2007-4238 (GCVE-0-2007-4238)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-08-08 22:00
Modified
2024-08-07 14:46
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
AIX 5.2 and 5.3 install pioinit with user and group ownership of bin, which allows local users with bin or possibly printq privileges to gain root privileges by modifying pioinit.
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/26219 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY79785 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018468 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://osvdb.org/36782 vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY79786 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2678 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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