$ cve CVE-2012-2179 JSON

CVE-2012-2179 EXPLOIT

6.9

MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.7% (pctl 77)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

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.

CVSS	6.9 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
Vector	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	1.75% — more likely to be exploited than 77% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-264
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2012-06-22
Last modified	2026-06-16

Vendor	Product
ibm	aix

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	IBM AIX 6.1.8 - 'libodm' Arbitrary File Write	2014-06-12