VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-0318
Load Sharing Facility (LSF) 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x uses the LSF_EAUTH_UID environment variable, if it exists, instead of the real UID of the user, which could allow remote attackers within the local cluster to gain privileges.
HIGH 10.0EPSS 4.24%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Load Sharing Facility (LSF) 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x uses the LSF_EAUTH_UID environment variable, if it exists, instead of the real UID of the user, which could allow remote attackers within the local cluster to gain privileges.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.24% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- platform/lsf
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107756600403557&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9724Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15278
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107756600403557&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9724Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15278
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.