PT-2016-7618

CVE-2016-8972

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Published

2016-12-15

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Updated

2021-08-31

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.8
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM AIX versions 6.1 through 7.2
Description The issue allows a local user to gain root privileges using a specially crafted command within the bellmail client.
Recommendations For IBM AIX versions 6.1 through 7.2, apply the fixes according to IBM APARs: IV91006, IV91007, IV91008, IV91010, IV91011 to resolve the issue.
Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-264
Related identifiers
CVE-2016-8972
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