CVE-2012-4833

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78907

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027586

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55726

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28756

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28754

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28749

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV28151

http://secunia.com/advisories/50708

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/fuser_advisory.asc

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3