{"id":"CVE-2012-4833","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-4833","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:18.871Z","title":"fuser in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02, does not properly restrict the -k option, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes via a crafted command line.","description":"fuser in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02, does not properly restrict the -k option, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes via a crafted command line.","published":"2012-10-01T18:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:45:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["ibm/vios","ibm/aix"],"epss":{"score":0.00385,"percentile":0.32309,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/fuser_advisory.asc","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50708","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28151","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28749","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28754","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28756","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55726","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027586","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78907","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/fuser_advisory.asc","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50708","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28151","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28749","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28754","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28756","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55726","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027586","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78907","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4833","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}