Vulnerability · Published Jan 20, 2021 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2020-4887
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 24% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.2% 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 AIX VIOS 3.1 could allow a local user to exploit a vulnerability in the gencore user command to create arbitrary files in any directory. IBM X-Force ID: 190911.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6406022 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-aix-cve20204887-file-write (190911) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF