VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-4845

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…

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 1.62%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 1.62% probability · 76th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-264
Affected: ibm/vios · ibm/aix
Source: psirt@us.ibm.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 1.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.