CVE-2012-0745

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

The getpwnam function in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 and VIOS 2.1.0.10 through 2.2.1.3 does not properly interact with customer-extended LDAP user filtering, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

The getpwnam function in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 and VIOS 2.1.0.10 through 2.2.1.3 does not properly interact with customer-extended LDAP user filtering, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

IBM AIX

First reported 12 years ago

2012-05-04 16:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-12-07 02:29:00

Affected Software

IBM AIX 5.3

5.3

IBM AIX 6.1

6.1

IBM AIX 7.1

7.1

References

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ldapauth_advisory2.asc

Vendor Advisory

81683

49073

IV18464

Vendor Advisory

IV18637

Vendor Advisory

IV18638

Vendor Advisory

IV19077

Vendor Advisory

IV19097

Vendor Advisory

IV19098

Vendor Advisory

53393

1027021

aix-getpwnam-privilege-escalation(74679)

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