CVE-2008-3248
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
qiomkfile 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, does not initialize filesystem blocks during creation of a file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by creating and then reading files.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3236)
- Published
- October 21, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3236 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- symantec / veritas file system
- symantec / veritas file system
- symantec / veritas file system
- symantec / veritas file system
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32332
- http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/310872.htm(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-04.txt
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJSADV-2008-04.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497626/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31678
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021074
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2875
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46008
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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