VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2000-1216
Buffer overflow in portmir for AIX 4.3.0 allows local users to corrupt lock files and gain root privileges via the echo_error routine.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.47%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in portmir for AIX 4.3.0 allows local users to corrupt lock files and gain root privileges via the echo_error routine.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- ibm/aix
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY07832Broken Link
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433499Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7929VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY07832Broken Link
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433499Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7929VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.