CVE-2012-4845
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 20, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 6, 2012
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- IV28715vendor-advisory
- IV23331vendor-advisory
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_advisory1.asc
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19695vdb-entrysignature
- IV28785vendor-advisory
- IV28787vendor-advisory
- 56134vdb-entry
- aix-ftp-setuid(79279)vdb-entry
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