CVE-2021-38990
High
Published: 10 January 2022
Published
10 January 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0010
27.8th percentile
Risk Priority
16
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2021-38990 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Ibm Aix. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 27.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-25427
Vulnerability details
IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the mount command which could lead to code execution. IBM X-Force ID: 212952.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
ibm
vios
3.1
ibm
aix
7.1, 7.2
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.