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CVE-2014-0899

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—
Severity6.5Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.91 %higher than 80% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

ftpd in IBM AIX 7.1.1 before SP10 and 7.1.2 before SP5, when a Workload Partition (aka WPAR) for AIX 5.2 or 5.3 is used, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended permission settings and modify arbitrary files via FTP commands.

CVSS

Base score
6.5
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.91 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
80
Score date
10/24/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

IBM — AIX

CWEs

References

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