MEDIUM
Directory traversal vulnerability in pkgadd in SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 before p534589 allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via ".." sequences in an unspecified environment variable, probably PKGINST
Published Apr 7, 2008
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.01%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in pkgadd in SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 before p534589 allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via ".." sequences in an unspecified environment variable, probably PKGINST.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.01% 0.01006
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01006
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 | 1.01% (0.01006) | 61.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.01% (0.01006) | 58.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.30% (0.00299) | 51.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/security/p534589/p534589.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=676 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29657 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/release.php?rid=324 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019787 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41759 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5355 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/security/p534589/p534589.txt | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO | |
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=676 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29657 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/release.php?rid=324 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019787 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41759 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5355 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 7, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 16, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0310
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a