CVE-2008-5384 (GCVE-0-2008-5384)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-09 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:49
VLAI
Summary
crontab in bos.rte.cron in IBM AIX 6.1.0 through 6.1.2 allows local users with aix.system.config.cron authorization to gain privileges by launching an editor.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021291 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/a… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32493 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://osvdb.org/50218 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2008-11-26 00:00
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