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CVE-2017-1093 (GCVE-0-2017-1093)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-02 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 13:25
VLAI
Summary
IBM AIX 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 could allow a local user to exploit a vulnerability in the bellmail binary to gain root privileges.
CWE
  • Gain Privileges
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/b… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95891 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Corporation AIX Affected: 3.4
Affected: 3.2.0
Affected: 4.1.1
Affected: 4.1.2
Affected: 4.1.3
Affected: 4.1.4
Affected: 4.1.5
Affected: 4.2.0
Affected: 4.2.1.12
Affected: 430
Affected: 5
Affected: 5.1L
Affected: 5.2.2
Affected: 5.2 L
Affected: 5.3 L
Affected: 5.3.7
Affected: 4.3
Affected: 4.3.2
Affected: 4
Affected: 5.2
Affected: 4.3.1
Affected: 4.3.3.10
Affected: 3.1
Affected: 4.2.1
Affected: 4.2
Affected: 2.2.1
Affected: 5.1
Affected: 4.3.3
Affected: 4.1
Affected: 3.2.5
Affected: 3.2
Affected: 3.2.4
Affected: 6.1
Affected: 5.3
Affected: 5.2.0.50
Affected: 5.2.0.54
Affected: 5.3.0.10
Affected: 5.3.0.20
Affected: 5.2.0
Affected: 5.3.0
Affected: 5.3.8
Affected: 6.1.1
Affected: 6.1.2
Affected: 5.3.9
Affected: 6.1.0
Affected: 7.1
Affected: 1.2.1
Affected: 1.3
Affected: 4.0
Affected: 4.3.0
Affected: 5.1.0.10
Affected: 5.3_ml03
Affected: 5L
Affected: 7.2
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Date Public
2017-01-29 00:00
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            "source": "psirt@us.ibm.com",
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            "source": "psirt@us.ibm.com",
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  }
}



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