Unscored severity · published Aug 2, 2001
CVE-2001-0573
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…
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CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Aix · Ibm
4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0573
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0573
Exploit
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2001-q2/0000.html
US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/123651
www.osvdb.org
http://www.osvdb.org/5582
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7007
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