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CVE-2015-5005

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-11-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

CSPOC in IBM PowerHA SystemMirror on AIX 6.1 and 7.1 allows remote authenticated users to perform an "su root" action by leveraging presence on the cluster-wide password-change list.

Affected products

• IBM Powerha System Mirror: all versions

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/powerha_advisory.asc
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV76943
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV76946
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV77007
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76948
• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/powerha_advisory.asc
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV76943
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV76946
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV77007
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76948

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