CVE-2008-6559 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Merge mcd utility within ReliantHA 1.1.4 on SCO UnixWare 7.1.4. An authenticated local attacker can gain root privileges by supplying a specially crafted -d argument containing directory traversal sequences and shell metacharacters. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and there is no significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sco:reliantha:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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