CVE-2014-3977 (GCVE-0-2014-3977)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-06-08 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:57
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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Date Public ?
2014-06-05 00:00
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