CVE-2008-1600

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 lsmcode program on IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 does not properly handle environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1329.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.2, 5.3, 6.1

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019603
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ15057
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ15100
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ15276
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ15277
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0865
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4159
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4160
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4161
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5566
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019603
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ15057

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