| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2012-4845 (CCN-79279) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2012-10-18 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2012-10-18 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2021-08-31 | ||||||||
| Summary: | 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. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 5.7 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N) 5.0 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
5.0 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-264 | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Privileges | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: IBM SECURITY ADVISORY AIX ftp vulnerability Source: CONFIRM Type: Vendor Advisory http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_advisory1.asc Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2012-4845 Source: CCN Type: SA51009 IBM AIX FTP Server UID Switching Vulnerability Source: AIXAPAR Type: UNKNOWN IV23331 Source: AIXAPAR Type: UNKNOWN IV28715 Source: AIXAPAR Type: UNKNOWN IV28785 Source: AIXAPAR Type: UNKNOWN IV28787 Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 86417 IBM AIX FTP UID Switching Arbitrary File Access Source: BID Type: UNKNOWN 56134 Source: CCN Type: BID-56134 IBM AIX FTP Client CVE-2012-4845 Security Bypass Vulnerability Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN aix-ftp-privilege-escalation(79279) Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN aix-ftp-setuid(79279) Source: OVAL Type: UNKNOWN oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19695 | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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