CVE-2004-0828: IBM Aix

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ctstrtcasd program in RSCT 2.3.0.0 and earlier on IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 does not properly drop privileges before executing the -f option, which allows local users to modify or create arbitrary files.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.2 only; version 5.3 only

Published 2004-11-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.