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CVE-2002-1550

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-03-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

dump_smutil.sh in IBM AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: all versions

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q4/0002.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8802
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q4/0002.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8802

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