CVE-2004-1329

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted execution path vulnerability in the diag commands (1) lsmcode, (2) diag_exec, (3) invscout, and (4) invscoutd in AIX 5.1 through 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by modifying the DIAGNOSTICS environment variable to point to a malicious Dctrl program.

Affected products

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

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110355931920123&w=2
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64277&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64389&apar=only
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464276/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464481/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12041
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18620
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/701
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110355931920123&w=2
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64277&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY64389&apar=only
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464276/100/0/threaded

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