CVE-2008-5384 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2008-12-09

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5361	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00046.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34478
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34783
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

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:12.470Z

Reserved: 2008-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5384

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-09T00:30:00.393

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-5384

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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