CVE-2004-2388
N/A
Published: August 16, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:09 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAIX
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/11085Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY53507Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcex_refsource_CIACExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-102.shtmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15455Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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