CVE-2012-2179
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (78th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2173)
- Published
- June 22, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2173 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libodm_advisory.asc(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21379(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21381(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21382(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21383(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22019(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.osvdb.org/83133
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027193
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75510
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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