CVE-2018-1383
Status: ModifiedCritical (9.1)—
Severity9.1Critical · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability2.68 %higher than 86% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
A software logic bug creates a vulnerability in an AIX 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 daemon which could allow a user with root privileges on one system, to obtain root access on another machine. IBM X-force ID: 138117.
CVSS
- Base score
- 9.1
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 2.68 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 86
- 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).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
References
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- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/aixbase_advisory.asc
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1026948
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102989
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040358
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138117
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/aixbase_advisory.asc
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1026948
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102989
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040358
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138117
Raw JSON (NVD)
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