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  "id": "CVE-2007-5805",
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "published": "2007-11-05T17:46:00.000",
  "lastModified": "2017-07-29T01:33:52.990",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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      "value": "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."
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      "value": "cfgcon de IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 no valida apropiadamente el argumento de la opci\u00f3n \"-p\" en swcons, lo cual permite a usuarios locales en el grupo del sistema crear un fichero de su elecci\u00f3n, y habilitar la escritura de todos en este fichero, a trav\u00e9s de un enlace simb\u00f3lico involucrando el uso del nombre del fichero como argumento.\r\nNOTA: este asunto se debe a un parche incompleto para CVE-2007-5804."
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