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CVE-2008-1598

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1598 describes a vulnerability in the IBM AIX 6.1 kernel that allows local users with ProbeVue privileges to read arbitrary kernel memory, potentially exposing sensitive information. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring local access, but with a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.7MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 17th 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

securitytracker.com / id
www14.software.ibm.com / webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd
www14.software.ibm.com / webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd
PatchVendor Advisory
www14.software.ibm.com / webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd
Patch
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/28467
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0865