CVE-2023-45166 - IBM AIX privilege escalation

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HIGH

IBM AIX privilege escalation

Published Dec 13, 2023

8.4

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.24%

Description

IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the piodmgrsu command to obtain elevated privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 267964.

Affected products

Vendor IBM Product AIX Default
unaffected
- Version
  7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

IBM

AIX

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/267964
vdb-entryVDB EntryVendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7095022
vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/267964		vdb-entryVDB EntryVendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7095022		vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published Dec 13, 2023

Updated Aug 2, 2024

Reserved Oct 5, 2023

Link CVE-2023-45166

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2023-45166

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2023-45166