CVE-2021-38990

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6538700

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6515496

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212952

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-25427

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-01-10

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00286

Detections

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