Privilege Escalation via Relative Path Vulnerability in AIX sysback

CVE-2000-1222 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

AIX sysback before 4.2.1.13 uses a relative path to find and execute the hostname program, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the path to point to a malicious hostname program.

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