CVE-2008-4638
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.6)—
qioadmin in the Quick I/O for Database feature in Symantec Veritas File System (VxFS) on HP-UX, and before 5.0 MP3 on Solaris, Linux, and AIX, allows local users to read arbitrary files by causing qioadmin to write a file's content to standard error in an error message.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Puntuación base: 4.6
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.33%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 23
- Fecha de la puntuación: 4/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-200
Referencias
- http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/310872.htm
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJSADV-2008-05.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497675/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31679
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2875
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46009
- http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/310872.htm
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJSADV-2008-05.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497675/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31679
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2875
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46009
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