CVE-2014-0899

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-03-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

ftpd in IBM AIX 7.1.1 before SP10 and 7.1.2 before SP5, when a Workload Partition (aka WPAR) for AIX 5.2 or 5.3 is used, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended permission settings and modify arbitrary files via FTP commands.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 7.1.1, 7.1.2

References

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/wparcre_advisory.asc
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV51420
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV51421
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91396
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/wparcre_advisory.asc
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV51420
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV51421
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91396

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