CVE-2024-56346 is a critical vulnerability affecting the nimesis NIM master service in IBM AIX versions 7.2 and 7.3, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper process controls. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog, there is significant community discussion, including reports of a "simple" unauthenticated RCE exploit by replaying a plaintext TCP packet.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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