HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2004-1329

Aix vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Aix
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2004-12-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, 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 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Ibm Aix is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2004-1329.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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