CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0250

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential privilege escalation by a local user, which could lead to full system compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately apply security patches provided by IBM for AIX and restrict access to the auditselect tool to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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