CVE-2004-1330
Buffer overflow in paginit in AIX 5.1 through 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long username.
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in paginit in AIX 5.1 through 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long username.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Exploit-DB1 entry
- AIX 5.1 < 5.3 - paginit Local Stack Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 699local, aixpublished 20 Dec 2004Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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)
- 1.2% · top 30% 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.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20041220.paginit.c.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20041220 AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3 local root exploits (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- IY64522 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 12043 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- IY64358 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- aix-paginit-username-bo(18618) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- IY64312 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_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-2004-1327 (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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