7.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-3053
IBM AIX Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

IBM AIX contains an unspecified vulnerability that would allow a locally authenticated user to obtain root level privileges.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 1, 2017, 8:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:49 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-3053 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-3053 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ibm aix
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

A collection of proof-of-concept exploit scripts written by the team at Rhino Security Labs for various CVEs.

Shell

Updated: 2 years, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 28, 2022, 6:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 34 different CVEs too.

None

Shell Python HTML PowerShell

Updated: 2 years, 6 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 27, 2022, noon This repo has been linked 34 different CVEs too.

None

Shell Python HTML PowerShell

Updated: 2 years, 7 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 27, 2022, 11:59 a.m. This repo has been linked 34 different CVEs too.

None

Shell Python HTML

Updated: 3 years, 11 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 23, 2021, 5:40 p.m. This repo has been linked 27 different CVEs too.

Proof-of-Concept exploits for CVEs found by the team at Rhino Security Labs

Python HTML Shell PowerShell Ruby

Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
839 stars 233 fork 233 watcher
Born at : Dec. 18, 2018, 9:25 p.m. This repo has been linked 53 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-3053 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-3053 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lsmcode_advisory2.asc
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93605
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037030
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40709/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40709/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037030 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lsmcode_advisory2.asc No Types Assigned http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lsmcode_advisory2.asc Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93605 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93605 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93605 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-3053 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.49 }} -0.26%

score

0.83912

percentile

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