CVE-2008-1601: IBM Aix

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

Stack-based buffer overflow in the reboot program on IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users in the shutdown group to gain privileges.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.2 only; version 5.3 only

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