CVE-2004-2388

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

rexecd for AIX 4.3.3 does not properly use a local copy of the pwd structure when calling getpwnam, which may cause the structure to be overwritten by the authenticate function and assign privileges to the wrong user.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2004
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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