CVE-2008-4018 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting IBM AIX versions 5.2.0 through 6.1.1, specifically within the swcons component of bos.rte.console. It allows local users in the system group to create or overwrite arbitrary files with weak permissions and root ownership, potentially leading to full system compromise. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.