CVE-2003-0579: IBM u2 Universe

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

uvadmsh in IBM U2 UniVerse 10.0.0.9 and earlier trusts the user-supplied -uv.install command line option to find and execute the uv.install program, which allows local users to gain privileges by providing a pathname that is under control of the user.

Affected products

• IBM u2 Universe: up to and including 10.0.0.9

Published 2003-08-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.