CVE-2008-6558

N/A Unknown

Published: March 30, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in (1) hvdisp and (2) rcvm in ReliantHA 1.1.4 in SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the RELIANT_PATH environment variable to point to a malicious bin/hvenv program.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/security/p534850/p534850.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://osvdb.org/46706

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/46707

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/30921

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28624

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5356

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/security/p534850/p534850.txt