CVE-2021-29741 — Improper Privilege Management in IBM Vios

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
IBM AIXIBM Vios
Timeline
PublishedAug 2
Latest updateMay 24

Description

IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a local user to exploit a vulnerability in Korn Shell (ksh) to gain root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 201478.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5ibm/vios3.1
▶NVDibm/vios3.1
▶CVEListV5ibm/aix7.1, 7.2+1
▶NVDibm/aix7.1, 7.2+1

Patches

Patch: www.ibm.com ↗Patch: www.ibm.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xjcr-w3v6-f46r: IBM AIX 7↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2021-29741: IBM AIX 7↗2021-08-02
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CVE-2021-29741 — Improper Privilege Management in IBM | cvebase