01 Record
CVE-2012-2200
The default configuration of sendmail in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02, allows local users to gain privileges by entering a command in a .forward file in a home directory.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The default configuration of sendmail in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02, allows local users to gain privileges by entering a command in a .forward file in a home directory.
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
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 30.6% 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
- 2012-06-27 10:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-04-04
- 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
- be44c1c44c240af80c7d824910e1494ae6d542656f20c6722c3dcca81ef40d82
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1027207http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027207
- www.ibm.comIV22965http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22965
- www.ibm.comIV22963http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22963
- aix.software.ibm.comhttp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/sendmail1_advisory.asc
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaix-sendmail-command-execution(76466)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76466
- www.ibm.comIV22964http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22964
- www.ibm.comIV22966http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22966