CVE-2012-4845 Information

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.

Reference

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_advisory1.asc http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV23331 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28715 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28785 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28787 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56134 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79279 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A19695