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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.
Medium6.9EPSS 1.7%
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- ibm
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- IV21382 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 1027193 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- IV21381 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- aix-libodm-symlink(75510) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- IV21379 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IV21383 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IV22019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 83133 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libodm_advisory.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .