CVE-2005-0250 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-02-08

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0251	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00114.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/14198
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013103
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67472
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67519
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67802
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=193&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896729
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12496
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19255

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-08T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:05:25.452Z

Reserved: 2005-02-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0250

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0250

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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