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CVE-2005-2236

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.

Published: Jul 12, 2005 Modified: Jun 16, 2026

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Affected Products (1)

Vendor Product Version
ibm aix 5.3

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-hwr2-7qw6-8x3x

Format string vulnerability in the paginit command in IBM AIX 5.3, and possibly other versions,...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 7.2 / 10
EPSS Score 1.07%

Top 38% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 29.1 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub