CVE-2008-4638

4.6
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
0.33%
LOW RiskEPSS (23rd percentile)
CWE-200

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.

Published: 10/21/2008
Modified: 6/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

4.6

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

0.33%LOW Exploitation Risk
23rd percentile

This vulnerability has a 0.33% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 23% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

CWE-200

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