CVE-2017-1093 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting IBM AIX versions 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2, specifically within the bellmail binary. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it allows a low-privileged local user to gain root privileges with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its high severity and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) or publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None). Furthermore, the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating low public awareness.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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.