Vulnerability CVE-2014-3977
Published: 2014-06-08   Modified: 2014-06-09

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
IBM AIX 6.1.8+ Privilege Escalation
Tim Brown
12.06.2014

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
IBM -> AIX 
IBM -> VIOS 

 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
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93595
https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-3977/
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