CVE-2014-3977

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.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libodm_advisory.asc
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127067/IBM-AIX-6.1.8-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33725
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60299
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60303
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60311
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60312
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60313
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60314
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030401
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93595
• https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-3977/
• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libodm_advisory.asc
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127067/IBM-AIX-6.1.8-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33725
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60299
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60303
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60311
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60312
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60313
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60314
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030401
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93595
• https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-3977/

CWEs

CWE-59