CVE-2008-1596 — IBM AIX vulnerability

3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
CNA2.1
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
IBM AIX
Timeline
PublishedMar 31
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Trusted Execution in IBM AIX 6.1 uses an incorrect pathname argument in a call to the trustchk_block_write function, which might allow local users to modify trusted files, related to missing checks in the TSD_FILES_LOCK policy for modifications performed via hard links, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-6680.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDibm/aix5.2, 5.3, 6.1+2

Patches

Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wwvr-rrmg-r6c6: Trusted Execution in IBM AIX 6↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2008-1596: Trusted Execution in IBM AIX 6↗2008-03-31
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