CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-1216

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.47%

37th percentile - higher than 37% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in portmir for AIX 4.3.0 allows local users to corrupt lock files and gain root privileges via the echo_error routine.

Risk Assessment

Local users can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the system, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the AIX system to the latest version to eliminate this vulnerability and restrict access to portmir only to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in portmir for AIX 4.3.0 allows local users to corrupt lock files and gain root privileges via the echo_error routine.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS