CVE-2014-3977

mediumpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

0.87% (59th) EPSS

CVSS 6.9 · medium

Is it mine?

19 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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

v2.06.2mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-33725IBM AIX 6.1.8 - 'libodm' Arbitrary File Writefunctional · exploit_db

affected products (19)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
ibm aix= 6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix= 7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.0.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.0.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.0.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.0.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.1.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.1.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 2.2.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2014-06-08modified 2026-06-17

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