VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-0745
The getpwnam function in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 and VIOS 2.1.0.10 through 2.2.1.3 does not properly interact with customer-extended LDAP user filtering, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The getpwnam function in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 and VIOS 2.1.0.10 through 2.2.1.3 does not properly interact with customer-extended LDAP user filtering, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- ibm/aix · ibm/vios
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ldapauth_advisory2.ascVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/81683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49073
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV18464Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV18637Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV18638Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19077Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19097Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19098Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53393
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027021
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74679
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ldapauth_advisory2.ascVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/81683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49073
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV18464Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV18637Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV18638Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19077Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19097Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19098Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53393
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027021
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74679
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.