FKIE_CVE-2012-4845
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-10-20 10:41 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:45
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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