CVE-2021-38988: IBM VIOS

IBM VIOS: IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a…

CVSS 6.2 MediumEPSS 0.0022 · 12th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: ibm) at 7 Mar 2022, 16:55 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	VIOS	affected 3.1
IBM	AIX	affected 7.1 affected 7.2 affected 7.3

Identifiers

CVE-2021-38988

CNA

ibm

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
6.2	Medium	3.0	CVSS:3.0/PR:N/AC:L/A:H/S:U/AV:L/C:N/I:N/UI:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U	CNA (ibm)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 7 Mar 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6561281 confirm
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212950 vdb-entryxf

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