CVE-2012-4845
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.8)—
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
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Puntuación base: 6.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.62%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 75
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-264
Referencias
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_advisory1.asc
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV23331
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28715
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28785
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28787
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56134
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79279
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19695
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_advisory1.asc
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV23331
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28715
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28785
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28787
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56134
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79279
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19695
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