CVE-2012-0745: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.3 only; version 6.1 only; version 7.1 only
• IBM Vios: version 2.1.0.10 only; version 2.1.2.12 only; version 2.1.2.13 only; version 2.1.3.10 only; version 2.2.0.10 only; version 2.2.0.11 only; …

Published 2012-05-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.