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CVE-2012-2179

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-06-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.3, 6.1, 7.1

References

• 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
• 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

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