CVE-2001-1080

Aix vulnerability

CVSS

10.0

EPSS

5.9%

EPSS pct

93th

Exploited

No known

diagrpt in AIX 4.3.x and 5.1 uses the DIAGDATADIR environment variable to find and execute certain programs, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the variable to point to a Trojan horse program.

Affected vendor

Ibm

Affected product

Aix

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published

2001-06-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

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