CVE-2021-38991 (GCVE-0-2021-38991)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-11 16:25 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:48
VLAI?
Summary
IBM AIX 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the lscore command which could lead to code execution. IBM X-Force ID: 212953.
Severity ?
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.0/PR:N/A:H/S:U/AV:L/C:H/I:H/UI:N/AC:L/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
CWE
  • Gain Privileges
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM AIX Affected: 7.1
Affected: 7.2
Affected: 7.3
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Date Public ?
2022-01-10 00:00
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