Vulnerability in Ibm Aix

CVE-2005-0240

Format string vulnerability in chdev on IBM AIX 5.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument, which is not properly handled when printing an error message.

EPSS: 0.004 (31.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Ibm Aix — versions 5.2
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_IDEFENSE, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)