CVEvulnerability
CVE-2005-0240
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2005-05-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• ibm aix 5.2
References
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67455 Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67654 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?type=vulnerabilities www.idefense.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19244 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67455 Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67654 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?type=vulnerabilities www.idefense.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19244 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com