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CVE-2009-1786

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Description

The malloc subsystem in libc in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the log file associated with the MALLOCDEBUG environment variable.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9306

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6276

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50636

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1380

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35034

http://www.osvdb.org/54617

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50517

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50500

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50447

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50445

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50139

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50129

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50121

http://securitytracker.com/id?1022261

http://secunia.com/advisories/35146

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=802

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libc_advisory.asc

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-05-26

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00179

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