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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-4638
qioadmin in the Quick I/O for Database feature in Symantec...
Vulnerability 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 Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/310872.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497675/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46009
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2875
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31679
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJSADV-2008-05.txt
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
veritas file system
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0, unknown
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 21st, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.