CVE-2012-0745
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0777)
- Published
- May 4, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0777 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ldapauth_advisory2.asc(Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/81683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49073
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV18464(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV18637(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV18638(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19077(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19097(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19098(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53393
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027021
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74679
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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