CVE-2008-1595: IBM Aix

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The proc filesystem in the kernel in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 does not properly enforce directory permissions when a file executing from a directory has weaker permissions than the directory itself, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.2 only; version 5.3 only; version 6.1 only

Published 2008-03-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.