VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-2200
The default configuration of sendmail in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02, allows local users to gain privileges by entering a command in a .forward file in a home directory.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.37%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The default configuration of sendmail in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02, allows local users to gain privileges by entering a command in a .forward file in a home directory.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- ibm/vios · ibm/aix
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/sendmail1_advisory.ascVendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22963
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22964
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22965
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22966
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027207
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76466
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/sendmail1_advisory.ascVendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22963
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22964
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22965
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22966
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027207
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76466
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.