Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-8944 First vendor Publication 2017-02-15
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-07-25

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 5.5
Base Score 5.5 Environmental Score 5.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 4.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

IBM AIX 7.1 and 7.2 allows a local user to open a file with a specially crafted argument that would crash the system. IBM APARs: IV91488, IV91487, IV91456, IV90234.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8944

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-01-31 Name : The remote AIX host is missing a security patch.
File : aix_IV90234.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-31 Name : The remote AIX host is missing a security patch.
File : aix_IV91456.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-31 Name : The remote AIX host is missing a security patch.
File : aix_IV91487.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-31 Name : The remote AIX host is missing a security patch.
File : aix_IV91488.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95888
CONFIRM http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/sysproc_advisory.asc
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037759

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2021-05-04 12:54:19
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2017-07-25 09:23:09
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2017-02-17 09:23:57
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2017-02-16 00:23:22
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