CVE-2008-1274

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 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: 2008-03-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in man in IBM AIX 6.1.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious program in the man directory.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 6.1.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29301
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IZ17177&apar=only
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28180
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019572
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0805/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41067
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5169
http://secunia.com/advisories/29301
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IZ17177&apar=only
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28180
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019572
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0805/references

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