CVE-2001-0573 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing Trojan horse programs in a directory accessed by the lsfs utility.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0573?
CVE-2001-0573 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ibm Aix, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0573?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Aix.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0573?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0573 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2001-0573 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0573 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Aix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vw5c-mpv8-qjf6.