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CVE-2001-1080
diagrpt in AIX 4.3.x and 5.1 uses the DIAGDATADIR environment variable to find and execute certain programs, which allows local users to…
High10.0EPSS 5.9%
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Description
diagrpt in AIX 4.3.x and 5.1 uses the DIAGDATADIR environment variable to find and execute certain programs, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the variable to point to a Trojan horse program.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.9% · top 6.7% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 2916 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- aix-diagrpt-root-shell(6734) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MSS-OAR-E01-2001:225.1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_IBMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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