SB2016101805 - Privilege escalation in IBM AIX
Published: October 18, 2016 Updated: September 14, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016101805
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3053)
The vulnerability allows a local user to obtain elevated privileges.The vulnerability exists due to unspecified flaw in lsmcode. A local user can obtain root privileges on the system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will allow the local attacker to obtain elevated privileges on vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.