CVE-2012-4845

Severity

68%

Complexity

80%

Confidentiality

115%

The FTP client in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02, does not properly manage privileges in an RBAC environment, which allows attackers to bypass intended file-read restrictions by leveraging the setuid installation of the ftp executable file.

The FTP client in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02, does not properly manage privileges in an RBAC environment, which allows attackers to bypass intended file-read restrictions by leveraging the setuid installation of the ftp executable file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

IBM

First reported 12 years ago

2012-10-20 10:41:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-19 01:35:00

Affected Software

IBM AIX 6.1

6.1

IBM AIX 7.1

7.1

IBM VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02 (Fix Pack 25 Service Pack 02)

2.2.1.4

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