AIX 5.2 and 5.3 install pioinit with user and group ownership of bin, which allows local users with bin or possibly printq privileges to gain root privileges by modifying pioinit.

Threat-Mapped Scoring

Score: 1.8

Priority: P4 - Informational (Low)

• S9 – Sabotage of System/App

EPSS

Score: 0.00057
Percentile: 0.17863

CVSS Scoring

Affected Products

• cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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