CVE-2014-3977 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.x, allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on temporary files. This vulnerability, a partial fix for CVE-2012-2179, carries a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity. While not listed in CISA KEV, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-33725) exists, suggesting exploit code is publicly available. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.