CVE-2000-1216: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in portmir for AIX 4.3.0 allows local users to corrupt lock files and gain root privileges via the echo_error routine.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 4.3.0 only

Published 2000-01-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.