{"cve":"CVE-2007-5805","nvd":{"published":"2007-11-05T17:46:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:46:51.613","status":"Modified","description":"cfgcon in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 does not properly validate the argument to the \"-p\" option to swcons, which allows local users in the system group to create an arbitrary file, and enable world writability of this file, via a symlink attack involving use of the file's name as the argument.  NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-5804.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cfgcon_ifix.tar","http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=611","http://secunia.com/advisories/27437","http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03055","http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ03061"],"products":["ibm:aix"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:48:28.501292361+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-5805","score":0.00306,"percentile":0.23487,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}