CVE-2008-6559
N/A
Published: March 30, 2009 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorUnixwareReliantha
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
Merge mcd in ReliantHA 1.1.4 in SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 allows local users to gain root privileges via a crafted -d argument that contains .. (dot dot) sequences that point to a directory containing a file whose name includes shell metacharacters.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SCO
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/security/p534850/p534850.txtThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30921Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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