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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 31, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-1596

CVE-2008-1596

Description

Trusted Execution in IBM AIX 6.1 uses an incorrect pathname argument in a call to the trustchk_block_write function, which might allow local users to modify trusted files, related to missing checks in the TSD_FILES_LOCK policy for modifications performed via hard links, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-6680.

Affected products

4
  • IBM/Aix4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 6.1

Patches

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