CVE-2004-1028

iDEFENSE Security Advisory 2004-12-20.t

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Untrusted execution path vulnerability in chcod on AIX IBM 5.1.0, 5.2.0, and 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by modifying the PATH environment variable to point to a malicious "grep" program, which is executed from chcod.

Vulnerabilidad de camino de ejecución no de confianza en chcod de AIX IBM 5.1.0, 5.2.0 y 5.3.0 permite a usuarios locales ejecutar programas arbitrarios modificando la variable de entorno PATH para apuntar a una programa "grep" malicioso, que es ejecutado desde chcod.

Local exploitation of an untrusted path vulnerability in the chcod command included by default in multiple versions of IBM Corp. AIX could allow for arbitrary code execution as the root user. Verified in version 5.2.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2004-11-12 CVE Reserved
2004-12-22 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-06-27 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18625	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64354&apar=only	2017-07-11
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64355&apar=only	2017-07-11
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64356&apar=only	2017-07-11
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=170&type=vulnerabilities	2017-07-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.1"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.1l Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.1l"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.2"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.2.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.2.2"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.2_l Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.2_l"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.3 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.3"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.3_l Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.3_l"		-		Affected