CVE-2012-4845 describes a privilege management vulnerability in the FTP client of IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02. This flaw allows authenticated attackers to bypass file-read restrictions in an RBAC environment due to the setuid installation of the ftp executable. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, indicating a complete compromise of confidentiality (C:C) with low attack complexity (AC:L) over a network (AV:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.1.4:fp-25_sp-02:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
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