CVE-2005-2236

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.2)—Exploit

Severity7.2High · CVSS 2.0

Exploitation probability1.07 %higher than 64% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitAvailablePublished on Exploit-DB

Format string vulnerability in the paginit command in IBM AIX 5.3, and possibly other versions, might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via format strings in command line arguments.

CVSS

Base score: 7.2
Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.07 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 64
Score date: 10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · AIX 5.2 - 'paginit' Local Privilege Escalation (6/14/2005)

Affected technologies (1)

IBM — AIX

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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