CVE-2001-1080: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 4.3 only; version 5.1 only

Published 2001-06-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.