01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
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
- 1.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 75.5% 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
- 2012-10-20 10:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-09-06
- 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
- bfe8afbc1eb8fbc4d17fb847f6176d878d7f2008e80b67c38d4ed33fc68451a3
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ibm.comIV28715http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28715
- www.ibm.comIV23331http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV23331
- aix.software.ibm.comhttp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_advisory1.asc
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:19695https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19695
- www.ibm.comIV28785http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28785
- www.ibm.comIV28787http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28787
- www.securityfocus.com56134http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56134
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaix-ftp-setuid(79279)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79279