CVE-2016-8972 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting IBM AIX versions 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2, as well as IBM VIOS. A local attacker can leverage a specially crafted command within the bellmail client to gain root privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and requiring local user privileges. While not actively exploited in the wild or on CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-40950) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.