CVE-2019-4473

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
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: 2019-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

Multiple binaries in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 7, 7R, and 8 on the AIX platform use insecure absolute RPATHs, which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users. IBM X-Force ID: 163984.

Affected products

IBM Java: 7.0.0.0, 7.1.4.50, 8.0

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10960422
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163984
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10960422
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163984

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