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CVE-2016-8972

7.8 highEPSS 1.4%

High (7.8) in ibm. EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM AIX 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 could allow a local user to gain root privileges using a specially crafted command within the bellmail client. IBM APARs: IV91006, IV91007, IV91008, IV91010, IV91011.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 72% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-264
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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