CVE-2021-38955 — Improper Privilege Management in IBM Vios

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents3 sources
Severity
4.4MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
IBM AIXIBM Vios
Timeline
PublishedMar 1
Latest updateMar 2

Description

IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a local user with elevated privileges to cause a denial of service due to a file creation vulnerability in the audit commands. IBM X-Force ID: 211825.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5ibm/vios3.1
▶NVDibm/vios3.1
▶CVEListV5ibm/aix7.1, 7.2, 7.3+2
▶NVDibm/aix7.1, 7.2, 7.3+2

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2pmc-64pj-g4gv: IBM AIX 7↗2022-03-02
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CVEList
CVE-2021-38955: IBM AIX 7↗2022-03-01
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CVE-2021-38955 — Improper Privilege Management in IBM | cvebase