CVE-2000-1222 — AIX sysback before 4.2.1.13 uses a relative path to find and execute the hostname program, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the path to point to a malicious hostname program

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HIGH

AIX sysback before 4.2.1.13 uses a relative path to find and execute the hostname program, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the path to point to a malicious hostname program

Published Apr 21, 2005

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.34%

Description

AIX sysback before 4.2.1.13 uses a relative path to find and execute the hostname program, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the path to point to a malicious hostname program.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.34% 0.00341

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00341

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.34% (0.00341)	25.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.29% (0.00295)	20.95th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.17% (0.00174)	36.53th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/17566
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6432
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/17566		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6432		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 21, 2005

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Apr 21, 2005

Link CVE-2000-1222

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2000-1222

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2000-1222