{"cve":"CVE-2008-6559","nvd":{"published":"2009-03-30T20:30:00.967","modified":"2026-06-16T23:02:27.317","status":"Modified","description":"Merge mcd in ReliantHA 1.1.4 in SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 allows local users to gain root privileges via a crafted -d argument that contains .. (dot dot) sequences that point to a directory containing a file whose name includes shell metacharacters.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/security/p534850/p534850.txt","http://secunia.com/advisories/30921","http://www.osvdb.org/51234","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28625","https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5357"],"products":["sco:reliantha","sco:unixware"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:07.895733559+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-6559","score":0.00802,"percentile":0.56652,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}