CVE-2004-1028 (GCVE-0-2004-1028)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-12-22 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:39
VLAI
Summary
Untrusted execution path vulnerability in chcod on AIX IBM 5.1.0, 5.2.0, and 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by modifying the PATH environment variable to point to a malicious "grep" program, which is executed from chcod.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?i… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Date Public
2004-12-20 00:00
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