Vulnerability in Ibm Aix

CVE-2000-1222

AIX sysback before 4.2.1.13 uses a relative path to find and execute the hostname program, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the path to point to a malicious hostname program.

EPSS: 0.003 (26.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

References

  • cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
  • cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)