snap command in AIX before 4.3.2 creates the /tmp/ibmsupt directory with world-readable permissions and does not remove or clear the directory when snap -a is executed, which could allow local users to access the shadowed password file by creating /tmp/ibmsupt/general/passwd before root runs snap -a.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2016-10-17T13:57:01

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00


Link: CVE-1999-1405

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-02-17T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2016-10-18T02:04:07.487


Link: CVE-1999-1405

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