CVE-2012-2179 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2012-06-22

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-2173	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00454.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libodm_advisory.asc
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21379
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21381
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21382
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21383
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22019
http://www.osvdb.org/83133
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027193
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75510

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2012-06-22T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:26:08.583Z

Reserved: 2012-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2179

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-06-22T10:24:07.427

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2179

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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