qioadmin in the Quick I/O for Database feature in Symantec Veritas File System (VxFS) on HP-UX, and before 5.0 MP3 on Solaris, Linux, and…

Description

qioadmin in the Quick I/O for Database feature in Symantec Veritas File System (VxFS) on HP-UX, and before 5.0 MP3 on Solaris, Linux, and AIX, allows local users to read arbitrary files by causing qioadmin to write a file's content to standard error in an error message.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/310872.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20081022 SECOBJADV-2008-05: Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• symantec-vxfs-qioadmin-info-disclosure(46009) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2875 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 31679 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJSADV-2008-05.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2008-4638](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-4638.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-4638)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 10:24 UTC.