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CVE-2004-1028

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.1, 5.1l, 5.2, 5.2.2, 5.2_l, 5.3 (+1)

References

• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64354&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64355&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64356&apar=only
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=170&type=vulnerabilities
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18625
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64354&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64355&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64356&apar=only
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=170&type=vulnerabilities
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18625

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