VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-1596

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-03-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Trusted Execution in IBM AIX 6.1 uses an incorrect pathname argument in a call to the trustchk_block_write function, which might allow local users to modify trusted files, related to missing checks in the TSD_FILES_LOCK policy for modifications performed via hard links, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-6680.

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