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CVE-2008-1274

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1274 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in the 'man' utility within IBM AIX 6.1.0. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious program in the 'man' directory. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability is rated as high severity due to its potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, albeit requiring local access and moderate attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 50th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/29301
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41067
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5169
www-1.ibm.com / support/search.wss
securityfocus.com / bid/28180
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0805/references
Vendor Advisory