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CVE-2004-0545

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2004-08-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

LVM for AIX 5.1 and 5.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.1, 5.2

References

• http://www-1.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/mss/MSS-OAR-E01-2004.0544.2
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-131.shtml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10230
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16011
• http://www-1.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/mss/MSS-OAR-E01-2004.0544.2
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-131.shtml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10230
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16011

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