CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1329

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Untrusted execution path vulnerability in the diag commands (lsmcode, diag_exec, invscout, invscoutd) in AIX 5.1 through 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by modifying the DIAGNOSTICS environment variable to point to a malicious Dctrl program.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can gain unauthorized privileges to execute arbitrary programs, leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Update the AIX system to a version where this vulnerability is fixed, and restrict access to environment variables for unprivileged users.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Untrusted execution path vulnerability in the diag commands (1) lsmcode, (2) diag_exec, (3) invscout, and (4) invscoutd in AIX 5.1 through 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by modifying the DIAGNOSTICS environment variable to point to a malicious Dctrl program.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS