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CVE-2016-3053

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

IBM AIX contains an unspecified vulnerability that would allow a locally authenticated user to obtain root level privileges.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: all versions

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lsmcode_advisory2.asc
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93605
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037030
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40709/
• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lsmcode_advisory2.asc
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93605
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037030
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40709/

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