01 Record
CVE-2012-0745
The getpwnam function in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 and VIOS 2.1.0.10 through 2.2.1.3 does not properly interact with customer-extended LDAP user filtering, which allows local users to gain privileges
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The getpwnam function in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 and VIOS 2.1.0.10 through 2.2.1.3 does not properly interact with customer-extended LDAP user filtering, which allows local users to gain privileges
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-05-04 16:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 18:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-01-17
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ff5d6d2275ea2f8a8d92ed3350b8493a6cf0a26ddc8aaa434f6a4fa4e39312b7
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1027021http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027021
- www.ibm.comIV19098http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19098
- www.ibm.comIV18637http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV18637
- secunia.com49073http://secunia.com/advisories/49073
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaix-getpwnam-privilege-escalation(74679)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74679
- www.ibm.comIV19077http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19077
- www.ibm.comIV19097http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19097
- aix.software.ibm.comhttp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ldapauth_advisory2.asc
- www.ibm.comIV18464http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV18464
- www.securityfocus.com53393http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53393
- www.ibm.comIV18638http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV18638
- osvdb.org81683http://osvdb.org/81683