CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-3977

6.9 MEDIUM Published 2014-06-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-06-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

libodm.a in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.x, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-2179.

Affected configurations

• ibm vios 2.2.0.10 • ibm vios 2.2.0.11 • ibm vios 2.2.0.12 • ibm vios 2.2.0.13 • ibm vios 2.2.1.0 • ibm vios 2.2.1.1 • ibm vios 2.2.1.3 • ibm vios 2.2.1.4 • ibm vios 2.2.1.8 • ibm vios 2.2.1.9 • ibm vios 2.2.2.0 • ibm vios 2.2.2.4 • ibm vios 2.2.2.5 • ibm vios 2.2.3.0 • ibm vios 2.2.3.2 • ibm vios 2.2.3.3 • ibm aix 6.1 • ibm aix 7.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References