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CVE-2012-3329

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
19/12/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) through 3.62 and 3.70 through 9.21 and Bootable Media Creator (BoMC) through 2.30 and 3.00 through 9.21 on Linux allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) temporary file or (2) log file.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.30 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
3.30
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:advanced_settings_utility:3.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:advanced_settings_utility:3.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:advanced_settings_utility:9.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:bootable_media_creator:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:bootable_media_creator:3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:bootable_media_creator:9.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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