CVE-2003-0784: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in tsm for the bos.rte.security fileset on AIX 5.2 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via login, and local users to gain privileges via login, su, or passwd, with a username that contains format string specifiers.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 4.3.3 only; version 5.1 only; version 5.2 only

Published 2003-10-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.