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CVE-2008-0589
The ps program in bos.rte.control in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Medium4.9EPSS 0.37%
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Description
The ps program in bos.rte.control in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 28609 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4075 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- IZ11242 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ12745 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 27434 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1019265 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- IZ11244 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0261 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- aix-ps-information-disclosure(39911) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- IZ11243 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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