The "make" to worry about appears to be the one in /usr/local/bin, not /usr/ccs/bin. See the sample exploit script at the usual spot.
The problem appears to be with GNU's make, which is installed setgid (by default) on AIX so as to enable the "-l load" option. This option is used to throttle the number of jobs created by "make" as the system load increases (especially during parallel makes).
I haven't checked whether /usr/local/bin/make is part of some supplemental AIX package, or just happens to be on those systems where the admin installed GNU make.
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