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CVE-2015-4948

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

netstat in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 and VIOS 2.2.x, when a fibre channel adapter is used, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
• IBM VIOS: 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/netstat_advisory.asc
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV75940
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV77299
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033806
• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/netstat_advisory.asc
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV75940
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV77299
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033806

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