CVE-2013-4011
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the InfiniBand subsystem in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.2.2-FP-26 SP-02, allow local users…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 2.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the InfiniBand subsystem in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.2.2-FP-26 SP-02, allow local users to gain privileges via vectors involving (1) arp.ib or (2) ibstat.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- ibstat $PATH Privilege Escalation (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/aix/local/ibstat_pathRank excellentdisclosed 24 Sept 2013
Exploit-DB2 entries
- ibstat $PATH - Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32700local, linuxpublished 4 Apr 2014Verified
- IBM AIX 6.1/7.1 - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28507local, aixpublished 24 Sept 2013Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 41 days later
· 41 days later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References14
- 54215 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- IV43562 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 1028792 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- aix-cve20134011-infiniband(85617) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/infiniband_advisory.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- IV43580 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19167 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- IV43827 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 95419 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- IV43561 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 95420 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- IV43582 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IV43756 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 61287 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-3942 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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