CVE-2008-1710
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
Untrusted search path vulnerability in chnfsmnt in IBM AIX 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a modified PATH environment variable.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (27th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1711)
- Published
- April 9, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1711 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29518
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019693
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ20391
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ23556
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18296
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28429
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0983
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5911
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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