CVE-2008-5384
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
crontab in bos.rte.cron in IBM AIX 6.1.0 through 6.1.2 allows local users with aix.system.config.cron authorization to gain privileges by launching an editor.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (25th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5361)
- Published
- December 9, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5361 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/aix61_advisory.asc
- http://osvdb.org/50218
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32916
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ30248(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34478(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34783(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32493
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021291
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5612
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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