CVE-2007-6680 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Trusted Execution in IBM AIX 6.1 uses an incorrect pathname argument in a call to the trustchk_block_write function, which might allow local users to modify trusted files, related to an error in the support for links in the TSD_FILES_LOCK policy.

Published: 2008-01-10

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2007-6644	Trusted Execution in IBM AIX 6.1 uses an incorrect pathname argument in a call to the trustchk_block_write function, which might allow local users to modify trusted files, related to an error in the support for links in the TSD_FILES_LOCK policy.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00071.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/28257
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ12119
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27177
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019158
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0060

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-01-10T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:18:20.628Z

Reserved: 2008-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-6680

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-01-10T23:46:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-6680

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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