01 Record

CVE-2016-3053

IBM AIX contains an unspecified vulnerability that would allow a locally authenticated user to obtain root level privileges.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

IBM AIX contains an unspecified vulnerability that would allow a locally authenticated user to obtain root level privileges.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 2.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 83.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2017-02-01 20:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:40Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-09

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d9a4a10a69262b239a9e678c67ad5e9f9b5f705c01de23830550469a32d692d5

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

IBM CorporationAIX3.4, 3.2.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.2.0, 4.2.1.12, 430, 5, 5.1L, 5.2.2, 5.2 L, 5.3 L, 5.3.7, 4.3, 4.3.2, 4, 5.2, 4.3.1, 4.3.3.10, 3.1, 4.2.1, 4.2, 2.2.1, 5.1, 4.3.3, 4.1, 3.2.5, 3.2, 3.2.4, 6.1, 5.3, 5.2.0.50, 5.2.0.54, 5.3.0.10, 5.3.0.20, 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 5.3.8, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 5.3.9, 6.1.0, 7.1, 1.2.1, 1.3, 4.0, 4.3.0, 5.1.0.10, 5.3_ml03, 5L, 7.2—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com93605http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93605vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
aix.software.ibm.comhttp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lsmcode_advisory2.ascx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.exploit-db.com40709https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40709/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
www.securitytracker.com1037030http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037030vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

01 Record index

CVE-2016-3053

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2016-3053

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References