CVE-2005-0240

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 2, 2005
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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