{"id":"CVE-2012-3329","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-3329","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:22:26.758Z","title":"IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) through 3.62 and 3.70 through 9.21 and Bootable Media Creator (BoMC) through 2.30 and 3.00 through 9.21 on Linux allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) temporary file or (2) log…","description":"IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) through 3.62 and 3.70 through 9.21 and Bootable Media Creator (BoMC) through 2.30 and 3.00 through 9.21 on Linux allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) temporary file or (2) log file.","published":"2012-12-19T11:55:54.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:43:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":3.3,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["ibm/advanced settings utility","ibm/bootable media creator"],"epss":{"score":0.00341,"percentile":0.27366,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5092090","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78044","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5092090","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78044","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3329","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}