CVE-2017-1093: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM AIX 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 could allow a local user to exploit a vulnerability in the bellmail binary to gain root privileges.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 6.1 only; version 7.1 only; version 7.2 only

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