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CVE-2008-6558

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-03-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in (1) hvdisp and (2) rcvm in ReliantHA 1.1.4 in SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the RELIANT_PATH environment variable to point to a malicious bin/hvenv program.

Affected products

• Sco Unixware: 7.1.4
• Unixware Reliantha: 1.1.4

References

• http://osvdb.org/46706
• http://osvdb.org/46707
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30921
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28624
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5356
• http://osvdb.org/46706
• http://osvdb.org/46707
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30921
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28624
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5356

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