CVE-2008-1593

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2008-03-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The checkpoint and restart feature in the kernel in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 does not properly protect kernel memory, which allows local users to read and modify portions of memory and gain privileges via unspecified vectors involving a restart of a 64-bit process, probably related to the as_getadsp64 function.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.2, 5.3, 6.1

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019606
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ11820
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ12794
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ16992
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ17111
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28467
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0865
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4153
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4154
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4155
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4595
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019606

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