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Tru64 DXCHPWD Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Tru64 is a Unix variant.

A vulnerability has been reported in the version of dxchpwd included with some releases of Tru64. A local user may be able to exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges on the vulnerable system. Full details on this issue are not currently available.