CVE-2012-2179

medium

Description

libodm.a in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75510

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027193

http://www.osvdb.org/83133

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22019

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21383

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21382

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21381

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21379

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-06-22

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00223