CVE-2024-27273 HIGH

CVE-2024-27273: IBM AIX privilege escalation

Vendor Ibm
Product AIX
Weakness CWE-266
Published May 7, 2024
Last update August 2, 2024
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CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IBM AIX's Unix domain (AIX 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1, and VIOS 4.1) datagram socket implementation could potentially expose applications using Unix domain datagram sockets with SO_PEERID operation and may lead to privilege escalation. IBM X-Force ID: 284903.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 7, 2024 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated