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CVE-2012-0745

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-05-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
• IBM VIOS: 2.1.0.10, 2.1.2.12, 2.1.2.13, 2.1.3.10, 2.2.0.10, 2.2.0.11 (+5)

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ldapauth_advisory2.asc
• http://osvdb.org/81683
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49073
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV18464
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV18637
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV18638
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19077
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19097
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19098
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53393
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027021
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74679

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