HIGH
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."
Published Jun 2, 2008
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
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."
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.37% 0.00367
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00367
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00367) | 28.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00367) | 28.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 12.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/iostat_advisory.asc x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30349 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020085 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ20635 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatch
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ21506 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatch
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22349 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatch
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22350 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatch
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22351 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29325 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1626/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42579 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5424 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 2, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 2, 2008
Link CVE-2008-2515
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a