VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-0250
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.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.54%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.54% probability · 44th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ibm/aix
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14198Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013103
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67472Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67519Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67802Vendor Advisory
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=193&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=falsePatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896729Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12496Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19255
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14198Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013103
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67472Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67519Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67802Vendor Advisory
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=193&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=falsePatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896729Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12496Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19255
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.