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CVE-2023-45169

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-45169 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting IBM AIX versions 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1. A non-privileged local user can exploit a flaw in the pmsvcs kernel extension to crash the system. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires local access with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to a high impact on system availability. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.2MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
6.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0017 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/267967
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/pages/node/7105282
Vendor Advisory