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CVE-2024-27273: IBM AIX privilege escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-266

Description

IBM AIX's Unix domain (AIX 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1, and VIOS 4.1) datagram socket implementation could potentially expose applications using Unix domain datagram sockets with SO_PEERID operation and may lead to privilege escalation. IBM X-Force ID: 284903.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 7.2, 7.3
• IBM VIOS: 3.1, 4.1

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/284903
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7150297
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/284903
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7150297

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