CVE-2016-6079: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 contains an unspecified vulnerability that would allow a locally authenticated user to obtain root level privileges. IBM APARs: IV88658, IV87981, IV88419, IV87640, IV88053.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.3 only; version 6.1 only; version 7.1 only; version 7.2 only
• IBM Vios: version 2.2.0.0 only; version 2.2.0.10 only; version 2.2.0.11 only; version 2.2.0.12 only; version 2.2.0.13 only; version 2.2.1.0 only; …

Published 2017-02-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.