CVE-2008-1598
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The kernel in IBM AIX 6.1 allows local users with ProbeVue privileges to read arbitrary kernel memory and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (23th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1599)
- Published
- March 31, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1599 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019606
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ09545(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28467(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0865
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4153
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4154(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4155(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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