Title: AIX logsymptom Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
Under certain versions of AIX the logsymptom program creates non-random, writeable files in the /tmp directory. These files can be linked to so that an intruder may leverage a symlink attack. Because logsymptom is executed as root, the attacker may overwrite any file on the filesystem.
Affected Products:
- IBM AIX 4.1.0
- IBM AIX 4.1.1
- IBM AIX 4.1.2
- IBM AIX 4.1.3
- IBM AIX 4.1.4
- IBM AIX 4.1.5
- IBM AIX 4.2.0
- IBM AIX 4.2.1
- IBM AIX 4.3.0
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