VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-4845

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM

EPSS probability1.62%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2012-10-20

Last modified2026-06-16

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 leveraging the setuid installation of the ftp executable file.