CVE-2004-2388

high

Description

rexecd for AIX 4.3.3 does not properly use a local copy of the pwd structure when calling getpwnam, which may cause the structure to be overwritten by the authenticate function and assign privileges to the wrong user.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15455

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9835

http://www.osvdb.org/4248

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY53507

http://secunia.com/advisories/11085

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

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: 0.01008