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CVE-2008-2515

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2515 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the iostat utility within IBM AIX versions 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1, stemming from an environment variable handling error. This local vulnerability has a high severity CVSS score of 7.2, indicating that an attacker with local access can achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

aix.software.ibm.com / aix/efixes/security/iostat_advisory.asc
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30349
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42579
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5424
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Patch
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Patch
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Patch
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Patch
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/29325
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1626/references
Vendor Advisory