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CVE-2008-1710

• 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: 2008-04-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in chnfsmnt in IBM AIX 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a modified PATH environment variable.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 6.1

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29518
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019693
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ20391
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ23556
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18296
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28429
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0983
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5911
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29518
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019693
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ20391
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ23556

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