{"cve":"CVE-2008-4018","nvd":{"published":"2008-09-11T01:13:52.867","modified":"2026-06-16T22:57:00.180","status":"Modified","description":"swcons in bos.rte.console in IBM AIX 5.2.0 through 6.1.1 allows local users in the system group to create or overwrite an arbitrary file, and establish weak permissions and root ownership for this file, via unspecified vectors.  NOTE: this can be leveraged to gain privileges. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-5805.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_advisory.asc","http://secunia.com/advisories/31739","http://securitytracker.com/id?1020818","http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18334","http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18335"],"products":["ibm:aix"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-4018","score":0.00391,"percentile":0.33248,"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."]}