CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-4638

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2008-10-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-10-21
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

qioadmin 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, allows local users to read arbitrary files by causing qioadmin to write a file's content to standard error in an error message.

Affected configurations

• symantec veritas file system 5.0 • symantec veritas file system unknown

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (4)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
  • CWE-209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information weakness
  • CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References