{"cve":"CVE-2008-1593","nvd":{"published":"2008-03-31T23:44:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:52:02.667","status":"Modified","description":"The checkpoint and restart feature in the kernel in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 does not properly protect kernel memory, which allows local users to read and modify portions of memory and gain privileges via unspecified vectors involving a restart of a 64-bit process, probably related to the as_getadsp64 function.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://securitytracker.com/id?1019606","http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ11820","http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ12794","http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ16992","http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ17111"],"products":["ibm:aix"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-1593","score":0.00376,"percentile":0.31656,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}