CVE-2008-1599: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The nddstat programs on IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 do not properly handle environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges by invoking (1) atmstat, (2) entstat, (3) fddistat, (4) hdlcstat, or (5) tokstat.

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.