CVE-2012-4833 in AIX

Summary

fuser in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02, does not properly restrict the -k option, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes via a crafted command line.

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• Reservation: 09/06/2012
• Disclosure: 10/01/2012
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-6576
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-264 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.2
• EPSS: 0.00054
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4833
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4833
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2012-4833/