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CVE-2008-6559

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2009-03-30 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Merge 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.

Affected Platforms

Sco RelianthaSco Unixware

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References