CVE-2012-0745

high
Published 2012-05-04 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
VIR risk
7.2

Description

The getpwnam function in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 and VIOS 2.1.0.10 through 2.2.1.3 does not properly interact with customer-extended LDAP user filtering, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibm ibmvios2.1.0.10
ibm ibmvios2.1.2.12
ibm ibmvios2.1.2.13
ibm ibmvios2.1.3.10
ibm ibmvios2.2.0.10
ibm ibmvios2.2.0.11
ibm ibmvios2.2.0.12
ibm ibmvios2.2.0.13
ibm ibmvios2.2.1.0
ibm ibmvios2.2.1.1
ibm ibmvios2.2.1.3

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.