CVE-2004-1054

high

Description

Untrusted execution path vulnerability in invscout in IBM AIX 5.1.0, 5.2.0, and 5.3.0 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH environment variable to point to a malicious "uname" program, which is executed from lsvpd after lsvpd has been invoked by invscout.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18619

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=171&type=vulnerabilities

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64976&apar=only

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64852&apar=only

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64820&apar=only

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-01-10

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

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: 0.01053