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CVE-2008-5387
Buffer overflow in autoconf6 in IBM AIX 6.1.0 through 6.1.2, when Role-Based Access Control is enabled, allows local users with…
Medium6.2EPSS 0.34%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in autoconf6 in IBM AIX 6.1.0 through 6.1.2, when Role-Based Access Control is enabled, allows local users with aix.network.config.tcpip authorization to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- IZ34393 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 32916 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/aix61_advisory.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 50216 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 32493 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- IZ30231 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ34753 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 1021289 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6303 (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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