CVE-2008-1598

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 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: 2008-03-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The kernel in IBM AIX 6.1 allows local users with ProbeVue privileges to read arbitrary kernel memory and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 6.1

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019606
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ09545
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
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019606
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ09545
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

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