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**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions** IBM AIX versions 5.3 through 7.2 **Description** The issue is related to the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) system in AIX, which has inadequate access control. This allows a locally authenticated user to potentially gain root level privileges by exploiting the vulnerability, possibly using the `lquerylv` command. **Recommendations** For IBM AIX versions 5.3 through 7.2, apply the fixes according to IBM APARs: IV88658, IV87981, IV88419, IV87640, IV88053 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the LVM system until a patch is applied.

**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions** IBM AIX (affected versions not specified) **Description** The issue allows a locally authenticated user to obtain root level privileges. **Recommendations** At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.