CVE-2008-6559

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-6559
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2009-03-30T20:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-09-29T01:33:14
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:sco:reliantha:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/security/p534850/p534850.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/51234
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28625 Exploit Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/30921 Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5357
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6559
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6559
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:21:07 Added to TrackCVE