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CVE-2008-3248
qiomkfile in the Quick I/O for Database feature in Symantec Veritas File System (VxFS) on HP-UX, and before 5.0 MP3 on Solaris, Linux, and…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.35%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
qiomkfile in the Quick I/O for Database feature in Symantec Veritas File System (VxFS) on HP-UX, and before 5.0 MP3 on Solaris, Linux, and AIX, does not initialize filesystem blocks during creation of a file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by creating and then reading files.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 72% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 32332 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1021074 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 31678 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/310872.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20081021 SECOBJADV-2008-04: Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation Memory Disclosure Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-04.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- symantec-vxfs-qiomkfile-info-disclosure(46008) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJSADV-2008-04.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2875 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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