Unscored severity · published Dec 9, 2008
CVE-2008-5385
enq in bos.rte.printers in IBM AIX 6.1.0 through 6.1.2, when a print queue is defined in /etc/qconfig, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via unspecified vectors
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CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
enq in bos.rte.printers in IBM AIX 6.1.0 through 6.1.2, when a print queue is defined in /etc/qconfig, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Aix · Ibm
6.1; 6.1.1; 6.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5385
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5385
aix.software.ibm.com
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/aix61_advisory.asc
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/50217
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32916
Patch
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ33088
Patch
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34481
Patch
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34785
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