CVE-2005-2233

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-07-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in multiple "p" commands in IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to (1) penable or other hard-linked files including (2) pdisable, (3) pstart, (4) phold, (5) pdelay, or (6) pshare.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.1, 5.1l, 5.2, 5.2.2, 5.2_l, 5.3 (+1)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/15636
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014132
http://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2005-0006.txt
http://www.security-focus.com/advisories/8684
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13915
http://secunia.com/advisories/15636
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014132
http://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2005-0006.txt
http://www.security-focus.com/advisories/8684
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13915

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