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CVE-2008-3277

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3277 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in a Red Hat build script for the ibmssh executable within ibutils packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. This flaw allows local users to gain privileges by introducing a malicious program in the refix/lib/ directory due to an incorrect RPATH setting. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.7-2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openfabrics:ibutils:1.5.7-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2-11.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openfabrics:ibutils:1.2-11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ibutils-0:1.2-11.2.el5
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: ibutils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3277Low

ibutils: insecure relative RPATH

Jun 12, 2008

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0311.html
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory