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CVE-2003-0784

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.

Published: Oct 6, 2003 Modified: Jun 16, 2026

CVSS Metrics

Affected Products (3)

Vendor Product Version
ibm aix 4.3.3
ibm aix 5.1
ibm aix 5.2

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-xx87-hj55-x8cc

Format string vulnerability in tsm for the bos.rte.security fileset on AIX 5.2 allows remote...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 10.0 / 10
EPSS Score 2.10%

Top 20% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 40.6 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub