Vulnerability in IBM Aix

CVE-2005-3289

LSCFG in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 does not create temporary files securely, which allows local users to corrupt /etc/passwd and possibly other system files via the trace file.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2005-3289: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

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