CVE-2008-0585

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-02-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

sysmgt.websm.webaccess in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 has world writable permissions for unspecified WebSM Remote Client files, which allows local users to "alter the behavior of" this client by overwriting these files.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.2, 5.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28609
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY97257
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27433
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4066
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39906
http://secunia.com/advisories/28609
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY97257
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27433
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4066
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39906

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