FKIE_CVE-2012-4833
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-10-01 18:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:45
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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