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CVE-2008-4638

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure
Publication date:
21/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

qioadmin in the Quick I/O for Database feature in Symantec Veritas File System (VxFS) on HP-UX, and before 5.0 MP3 on Solaris, Linux, and AIX, allows local users to read arbitrary files by causing qioadmin to write a file's content to standard error in an error message.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_file_system:5.0:mp2:aix:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_file_system:5.0:mp2:linux:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_file_system:5.0:mp2:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_file_system:unknown:unknown:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*

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