CVE-2008-2515
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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."
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
- 0.4% (31th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2510)
- Published
- June 2, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2510 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/iostat_advisory.asc(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30349(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020085
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ20635(Patch)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ21506(Patch)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22349(Patch)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22350(Patch)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22351(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29325(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1626/references(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42579
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5424
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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