CVE-2008-6559

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-6559
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-30 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMerge 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sco Reliantha 1.1.4 All All All
Operating System Sco Unixware 7.1.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SCO UnixWare Merge - 'mcd' Local Privilege Escalation - SCO local Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
UnixWare ReliantHA Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/51234 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/security/p534850/p534850.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com Vendor Advisory
SCO UnixWare Merge mcd 'HISTFILE' Local Input Validation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
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