CVE-2010-0960 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the qosmod component of bos.net.tcp.server, affecting IBM AIX 6.1 and VIOS 2.1. This flaw allows local users to gain elevated privileges through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it represents a high-severity vulnerability where an attacker with local access can achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact with low attack complexity. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has received negligible community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.