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CVE-2008-2515
Unspecified vulnerability in iostat in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to an…
High7.2EPSS 0.37%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in iostat in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to an "environment variable handling error."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- 30349 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- IZ22350 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ20635 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- ibm-aix-setuidroot-iostat-bo(42579) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1626 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- IZ21506 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 29325 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/iostat_advisory.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- IZ22349 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ22351 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 1020085 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5424 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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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