CVE-2001-0573

high

Description

lsfs in AIX 4.x allows a local user to gain additional privileges by creating Trojan horse programs named (1) grep or (2) lslv in a certain directory that is under the user's control, which cause lsfs to access the programs in that directory.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7007

http://www.osvdb.org/5582

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/123651

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-08-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00077