Vulnerability · Published Nov 17, 2021 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2021-29860
Medium 6.2
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in AIX from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the libc.a library to expose sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 206084.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6516774 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-aix-cve202129860-info-disc (206084) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF