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CVE-2013-3005

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-07-06 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The TFTP client in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.2.2-FP-26 SP-02, when RBAC is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended file-ownership restrictions, and read or overwrite arbitrary files, via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 6.1, 7.1
• IBM VIOS: 2.2.2.2-fp-26_sp-02

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/tftp_advisory.asc
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV40221
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV42700
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV42932
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV42933
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV42934
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV42935
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85366
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19519
• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/tftp_advisory.asc
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV40221
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV42700

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