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CVE-2016-8972

CVE-2016-8972

23Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 1.4%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDFeb 15
1st PoCDec 22
exploitation probability
1.4%top 31% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
2 public exploit(s)
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.
Affected products
IBM Corporation · AIX
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