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CVE-2016-3053
IBM AIX contains an unspecified vulnerability that would allow a locally authenticated user to obtain root level privileges.
High7.8Public exploitEPSS 2.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
IBM AIX contains an unspecified vulnerability that would allow a locally authenticated user to obtain root level privileges.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 40709 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Gain Privileges
- CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 3.4
- affected 3.2.0
- affected 4.1.1
- affected 4.1.2
- affected 4.1.3
- affected 4.1.4
- affected 4.1.5
- affected 4.2.0
- affected 4.2.1.12
- affected 430
- affected 5
- affected 5.1L
- affected 5.2.2
- affected 5.2 L
- affected 5.3 L
- affected 5.3.7
- affected 4.3
- affected 4.3.2
- affected 4
- affected 5.2
- affected 4.3.1
- affected 4.3.3.10
- affected 3.1
- affected 4.2.1
- affected 4.2
- affected 2.2.1
- affected 5.1
- affected 4.3.3
- affected 4.1
- affected 3.2.5
- affected 3.2
- affected 3.2.4
- affected 6.1
- affected 5.3
- affected 5.2.0.50
- affected 5.2.0.54
- affected 5.3.0.10
- affected 5.3.0.20
- affected 5.2.0
- affected 5.3.0
- and 14 more
References (4)
- 93605 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lsmcode_advisory2.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 40709 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1037030 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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)
- 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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