CVE-2009-1786
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 26, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- May 26, 2009
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libc_advisory.asc
- IZ50445vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6276vdb-entrysignature
- IZ50447vendor-advisory
- 54617vdb-entry
- IZ50121vendor-advisory
- 20090520 IBM AIX libc MALLOCDEBUG File Overwrite Vulnerabilitythird-party-advisory
- 35034vdb-entry
- 9306exploit
- 1022261vdb-entry
- ADV-2009-1380vdb-entry
- aix-mallocdebug-privilege-escalation(50636)vdb-entry
- IZ50517vendor-advisory
- 35146third-party-advisory
- IZ50500vendor-advisory
- IZ50129vendor-advisory
- IZ50139vendor-advisory
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