Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-1028
CVE-2004-1028
Description
Untrusted execution path vulnerability in chcod on AIX IBM 5.1.0, 5.2.0, and 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by modifying the PATH environment variable to point to a malicious "grep" program, which is executed from chcod.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1l:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2_l:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3_l:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 5.1.0, 5.2.0, 5.3.0
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