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CVE-2005-2237

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-07-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in the swcons command in IBM AIX 5.3, and possibly other versions, might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments.

References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014132
• http://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2005-0007.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13921
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014132
• http://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2005-0007.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13921

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