CVE-2008-6558 (GCVE-0-2008-6558)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-03-30 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:34
VLAI
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in (1) hvdisp and (2) rcvm in ReliantHA 1.1.4 in SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the RELIANT_PATH environment variable to point to a malicious bin/hvenv program.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28624 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5356 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/security/p534… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
http://secunia.com/advisories/30921 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://osvdb.org/46706 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://osvdb.org/46707 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2008-04-04 00:00
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