CVE-2016-8944

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

Description

IBM AIX 7.1 and 7.2 allows a local user to open a file with a specially crafted argument that would crash the system. IBM APARs: IV91488, IV91487, IV91456, IV90234.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-8944

Assigner
psirt@us.ibm.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2017-02-15T19:59:01

Last Modified Date
2017-07-25T01:29:03

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
4.9

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
6.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/sysproc_advisory.asc	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95888	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037759

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8944
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8944

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:18:26				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:57:51	2017-02-15T19:59Z	2017-02-15T19:59:01	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 13:57:51		2017-07-25T01:29:03	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 13:57:51		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated