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CVE-2001-0573 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (lsfs in AIX 4.x allows a local user to gain additional privi)

lsfs in AIX 4.x allows a local user to gain additional privileges by creating Trojan horse programs named (1) grep or (2) lslv in a certain directory that is under the user's control, which cause lsfs to access the programs in that directory.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0573
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score4.6
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-08-02
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptionlsfs in AIX 4.x allows a local user to gain additional privileges by creating Trojan horse programs named (1) grep or (2) lslv in a certain directory that is under the user's control, which cause lsfs to access the programs in that directory.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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