Vulnerability in IBM Aix

CVE-2012-4845

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.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Ibm Aix — versions 6.1, 7.1
  • Ibm Vios — versions 2.2.1.4
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References