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CVE-2000-1216

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-01-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-120

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.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 4.3.0

References

• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY07832
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433499
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7929
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY07832
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433499
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7929

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