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CVE-2008-0589

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% 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-200

Description

The ps program in bos.rte.control in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.2, 5.3, 6.1

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/28609
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019265
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ11242
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ11243
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ11244
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ12745
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27434
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4075
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39911
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28609
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019265

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