IBM AIX: gencore_advisory (CVE-2020-4887): Vulnerability in gencore affects AIX
2
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
01/19/2021
01/20/2021
01/20/2021
03/31/2021
Description
IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2 and AIX VIOS 3.1 could allow a local user to exploit a vulnerability in the gencore user command to create arbitrary files in any directory. IBM X-Force ID: 190911.
Solution(s)
- ibm-aix-gencore_advisory
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