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CVE-2008-6559

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% 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

Merge mcd in ReliantHA 1.1.4 in SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 allows local users to gain root privileges via a crafted -d argument that contains .. (dot dot) sequences that point to a directory containing a file whose name includes shell metacharacters.

Affected products

• Sco Reliantha: 1.1.4
• Sco Unixware: 7.1.4

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/30921
• http://www.osvdb.org/51234
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28625
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5357
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30921
• http://www.osvdb.org/51234
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28625
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5357

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