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CVE-2014-8904

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

lquerylv in cmdlvm in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 and VIOS 2.2.x allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted DBGCMD_LQUERYLV environment-variable value.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
• IBM VIOS: 2.2.0.10, 2.2.0.11, 2.2.0.12, 2.2.0.13, 2.2.1.0, 2.2.1.1 (+18)

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lvm_advisory.asc
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62195
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV67907
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV67908
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV68070
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV68082
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV68478
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031596
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99193
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38576/
• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lvm_advisory.asc
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62195

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