CVE-2012-2179

mediumpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.017 · 78 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

1.75% (78th) EPSS

CVSS 6.9 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 10

v2.05.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 2012-06-22modified 2026-06-16

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