CVE-2012-2179

Severity

69%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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 Base Score 6.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

IBM AIX

First reported 13 years ago

2012-06-22 10:24:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-29 01:31:00

Affected Software

IBM AIX 5.3

5.3

IBM AIX 6.1

6.1

IBM AIX 7.1

7.1

References

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

Patch, Vendor Advisory

IV21379

Vendor Advisory

IV21381

Vendor Advisory

IV21382

Vendor Advisory

IV21383

Vendor Advisory

IV22019

Vendor Advisory

83133

1027193

aix-libodm-symlink(75510)

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