CVE-2024-27260 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM AIX could 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1, and VIOS 4.1 allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the invscout command to execute arbitrary commands. IBM X-Force ID: 283985.

Published: 2024-05-16

Score: 8.4 High

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

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1, VIOS 4.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.3:::::::*

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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-2024-24499	IBM AIX could 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1, and VIOS 4.1 allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the invscout command to execute arbitrary commands. IBM X-Force ID: 283985.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00073.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283985
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7152543

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Aix Vios

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2024-05-16T16:32:05.917Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:27:59.799Z

Reserved: 2024-02-22T01:26:39.519Z

Link: CVE-2024-27260

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:27:59.799Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-16T17:16:01.763

Modified: 2025-07-29T17:21:29.363

Link: CVE-2024-27260

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-250

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