CVE-1999-1405 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91936783009385&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91954824614013&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/375