{"id":"CVE-2012-4845","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-4845","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:43:51.053Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2012-10-20T10:41:28.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:45:47.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["ibm/vios","ibm/aix"],"epss":{"score":0.01617,"percentile":0.75858,"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 (1.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_advisory1.asc","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV23331","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28715","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28785","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28787","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56134","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79279","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19695","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_advisory1.asc","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV23331","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28715","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28785","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28787","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56134","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79279","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19695","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4845","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."}