CVE-2020-4887 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, and AIX VIOS 3.1. A local user can exploit a flaw in the gencore command to create arbitrary files in any directory. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but it could lead to high integrity impacts. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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