01 Record
CVE-2008-5387
Buffer overflow in autoconf6 in IBM AIX 6.1.0 through 6.1.2, when Role-Based Access Control is enabled, allows local users with aix.network.config.tcpip authorization to gain privileges via
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in autoconf6 in IBM AIX 6.1.0 through 6.1.2, when Role-Based Access Control is enabled, allows local users with aix.network.config.tcpip authorization to gain privileges via
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-09 00:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1984ef052b5e5e4787e152f1a045300072e4fc9daa3a739d87dfe73deccbe567
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www-01.ibm.comIZ34393http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34393
- secunia.com32916http://secunia.com/advisories/32916
- aix.software.ibm.comhttp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/aix61_advisory.asc
- osvdb.org50216http://osvdb.org/50216
- www.securityfocus.com32493http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32493
- www-01.ibm.comIZ30231http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ30231
- www-01.ibm.comIZ34753http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34753
- www.securitytracker.com1021289http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021289
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6303https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6303