CVE-2004-1329
Untrusted execution path vulnerability in the diag commands (1) lsmcode, (2) diag_exec, (3) invscout, and (4) invscoutd in AIX 5.1 through…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 3.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Untrusted execution path vulnerability in the diag commands (1) lsmcode, (2) diag_exec, (3) invscout, and (4) invscoutd in AIX 5.1 through 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by modifying the DIAGNOSTICS environment variable to point to a malicious Dctrl program.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- IBM AIX 5.x - 'Diag' Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25039local, aixpublished 20 Dec 2004Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 701 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 701 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- IY64389 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 20041220 AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3 local root exploits (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070330 AIX 4.3 lsmcode local root command execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- IY64277 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 12041 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- aix-diagnostics-gain-privileges(18620) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20070402 Re: AIX 4.3 lsmcode local root command execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-1326 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-1329)Record last updated .