PT-2008-2866 · Ibm · Ibm Aix

Published 2008-03-10 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-1274

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM AIX version 6.1.0

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious program in the man directory due to an untrusted search path vulnerability in the man command.

Recommendations For IBM AIX version 6.1.0, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent local users from executing arbitrary code.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1274

Affected Products

Ibm Aix

References · 8

• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IZ17177&apar=only · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1274 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0805/references · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29301 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28180 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41067 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5169 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019572 · Note