# CVE-2012-6355: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Authenticated users can escalate privileges in IBM Maximo Asset Management via work order vectors, requiring vendor patches.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Feb 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-24v6-wpg8-6mjg

## What is CVE-2012-6355?

CVE-2012-6355 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Maximo Asset Management, published on 20 Feb 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Maximo Asset Management 6.2 through 7.5, Maximo Asset Management Essentials 6.2 through 7.5, Tivoli Asset Management for IT 6.2 through 7.2, Tivoli Service Request Manager 7.1 and 7.2, Maximo Service Desk 6.2, Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB) 7.1 and 7.2, and SmartCloud Control Desk 7.5 allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges via vectors related to a work order.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6355?

It affects 7 products.


Products: Ibm Change and Configuration Management Database, Ibm Maximo Asset Management, Ibm Maximo Asset Management Essentials, Ibm Maximo Service Desk, Ibm Smartcloud Control Desk, Ibm Tivoli Asset Management for It, Ibm Tivoli Service Request Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-6355?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-6355 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-6355 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6355 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Maximo Asset Management

- [CVE-2013-3323](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3323/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-0104](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0104/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2012-0714](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0714/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2012-2183](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2183/): Auth bypass in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2012-2184](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2184/): Auth bypass in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-6355 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-6355 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Maximo Asset Management, published on 20 Feb 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6355 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Maximo Asset Management. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-6355/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-6355/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6355
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6355
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-6355

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