CVE-2023-45166
IBM AIX privilege escalation
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 13, 2023 at 11:01 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:28 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAIXVIOS
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
Description
IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the piodmgrsu command to obtain elevated privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 267964.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/267964CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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