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CVE-2008-6559

SCO UnixWare Merge - 'mcd' Local Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.2
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

2
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad en el comando Merge mcd en ReliantHA v1.1.4 en SCO UnixWare 7.1.4. Permite a usuarios locales obtener permisos de root a través de un argumento -d manipulado que contiene secuencias de .. (dos puntos) que apuntan a un directorio que contiene un fichero cuyo nombre contiene metacaracteres de shell.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
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
  • 2009-03-30 CVE Reserved
  • 2009-03-30 CVE Published
  • 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-07 First Exploit
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Sco
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 Reliantha
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 1.1.4
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Affected
in Sco
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 Unixware
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 7.1.4
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Affected