CVE-2021-29861 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in EFS to expose sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 206085.

Published: 2021-11-17

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

AIX

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.1`	affected	—
`7.2`	affected	—

IBM

VIOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-16335	IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in EFS to expose sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 206085.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00044.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/206085
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6516786

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix Vios

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2021-11-17T14:00:16.343Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:35:23.461Z

Reserved: 2021-03-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-29861

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-17T14:15:08.053

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:01:56.030

Link: CVE-2021-29861

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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