CVE-2012-4833
N/A
Published: October 1, 2012 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAIXVIOS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (9)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/fuser_advisory.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28151Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28749Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28754Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28756Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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