CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-4845

Published: Oct 20, 2012 | Modified: Aug 31, 2021
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Vios Ibm 2.2.1.4-fp-25_sp-02 (including) 2.2.1.4-fp-25_sp-02 (including)
Aix Ibm 6.1 (including) 6.1 (including)
Aix Ibm 7.1 (including) 7.1 (including)

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