CVE-2004-0243: IBM Aix

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

AIX 4.3.3 through AIX 5.1, when direct remote login is disabled, displays a different message if the password is correct, which allows remote attackers to guess the password via brute force methods.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: any version; from 4.3.3, up to and including 5.1

Published 2004-11-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.