CVE-2012-3329 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) and Bootable Media Creator (BoMC) on Linux systems. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on temporary or log files. With a CVSS score of 3.3, this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local access, primarily impacting system integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.62CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:advanced_settings_utility:3.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:advanced_settings_utility:3.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:advanced_settings_utility:9.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:bootable_media_creator:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:bootable_media_creator:3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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