VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-2179
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.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 1.75%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.75%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.75% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- ibm/aix
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libodm_advisory.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21379Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21381Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21382Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21383Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22019Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/83133
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027193
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75510
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libodm_advisory.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21379Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21381Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21382Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21383Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22019Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/83133
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027193
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75510
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.