CVE-2016-8972

HIGH

IBM AIX 6.1/7.1/7.2 - 'Bellmail' Local Privilege Escalation

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Record summary

CVE-2016-8972 has a selected CVSS score of 7.8 (high); EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit and 1 curated repository PoC.

Description

IBM AIX 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 could allow a local user to gain root privileges using a specially crafted command within the bellmail client. IBM APARs: IV91006, IV91007, IV91008, IV91010, IV91011.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Catalogued exploits
1
Curated repository PoCs
1

Affected products and versions

1
ProductSourceVersion range

AIX

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CVE List6.1affected
7.1affected
7.2affected

Proofs of concept

2

Catalogued exploits

ExploitDBIBM AIX 6.1/7.1/7.2 - 'Bellmail' Local Privilege EscalationExploitDB exploitby Hector X. MonsegurNot analyzed1 file
ExploitDB
PoC details

Curated repository PoCs

GitHubCVE-2016-8972Curated repository PoCby RhinoSecurityLabs905Not analyzed3 files

Python · 19.1 KiB

GitHub
PoC details

References

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