CVE-2005-0250: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in auditselect on IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.1 only; version 5.2 only; version 5.3 only

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.