CVE-2008-3277

Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for the ibmssh executable in ibutils packages before ibutils-1.5.7-2.el6 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and ibutils-1.2-11.2.el5 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan Horse program in refix/lib/, related to an incorrect RPATH setting in the ELF header.

Published: 2014-04-15 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3277 is rated Low Risk (28/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.11%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3277

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-12 0.05% 0.11% +0.07%
2 2025-03-30 0.07% 0.05% -0.02%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.07% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3277

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3277

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-3277

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2008-3277 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ibutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3277
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3277
ubuntu low CVE-2008-3277 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ibutils), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): DNE 3, not-affected 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3277

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3277

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openfabrics ibutils 1.5.7-2 cpe:2.3:a:openfabrics:ibutils:1.5.7-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openfabrics ibutils 1.2-11.2 cpe:2.3:a:openfabrics:ibutils:1.2-11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3277

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