CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-4845
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-10-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• ibm vios 2.2.1.4
• ibm aix 6.1
• ibm aix 7.1
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_advisory1.asc Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV23331 www.ibm.com
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28715 www.ibm.com
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28785 www.ibm.com
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28787 www.ibm.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56134 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79279 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19695 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_advisory1.asc Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV23331 www.ibm.com
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28715 www.ibm.com
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28785 www.ibm.com
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28787 www.ibm.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56134 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79279 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19695 oval.cisecurity.org