Vulnerability · Published Mar 1, 2022 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2021-38955
Medium 4.4
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 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)4.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a local user with elevated privileges to cause a denial of service due to a file creation vulnerability in the audit commands. IBM X-Force ID: 211825.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6560236 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-aix-cve202138955-dos (211825) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF