725
VMScore

CVE-2016-6079

Published: 15/02/2017 Updated: 31/08/2021
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 725
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 contains an unspecified vulnerability that would allow a locally authenticated user to obtain root level privileges. IBM APARs: IV88658, IV87981, IV88419, IV87640, IV88053.

Vulnerability Trend

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ibm aix 6.1

ibm aix 7.1

ibm aix 7.2

ibm aix 5.3

ibm vios 2.2.1.0

ibm vios 2.2.1.1

ibm vios 2.2.2.1

ibm vios 2.2.2.2

ibm vios 2.2.3.2

ibm vios 2.2.3.3

ibm vios 2.2.3.80

ibm vios 2.2.4.0

ibm vios 2.2.0.10

ibm vios 2.2.0.11

ibm vios 2.2.1.5

ibm vios 2.2.1.6

ibm vios 2.2.1.7

ibm vios 2.2.2.6

ibm vios 2.2.2.70

ibm vios 2.2.3.51

ibm vios 2.2.3.52

ibm vios 2.2.4.22

ibm vios 2.2.4.23

ibm vios 2.2.4.30

ibm vios 2.2.1.3

ibm vios 2.2.1.4

ibm vios 2.2.2.3

ibm vios 2.2.2.4

ibm vios 2.2.3.4

ibm vios 2.2.3.50

ibm vios 2.2.4.10

ibm vios 2.2.4.21

ibm vios 2.2.0.0

ibm vios 2.2.0.12

ibm vios 2.2.0.13

ibm vios 2.2.1.8

ibm vios 2.2.2.0

ibm vios 2.2.3.0

ibm vios 2.2.3.1

ibm vios 2.2.3.60

ibm vios 2.2.3.70

ibm vios 2.2.5.0

ibm vios 2.2.5.10

Exploits

#!/usr/bin/sh # # AIX lquerylv 53, 61, 71, 72 local root exploit Tested against latest patchset (7100-04) # # This exploit takes advantage of known issues with debugging functions # within the AIX linker library We are taking advantage of known # functionality, and focusing on badly coded SUID binaries which do not # adhere to proper securit ...