Vulnerability · Published Jan 11, 2022 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2021-38991
High 8.4
In plain English
A high-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 21% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)8.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
IBM AIX 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the lscore command which could lead to code execution. IBM X-Force ID: 212953.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6538952 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-aix-cve202138991-code-exec (212953) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF