CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10.0. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.
CVE
CVE-2001-1080
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
10
EPSS
5.95%
Original NVD Description
diagrpt in AIX 4.3.x and 5.1 uses the DIAGDATADIR environment variable to find and execute certain programs, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the variable to point to a Trojan horse program.