CVE-2009-1786

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1786
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-26 15:30:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.3 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 6.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libc_advisory.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 aix.software.ibm.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM AIX libc MALLOCDEBUG File Overwrite Bug Lets Local Users Gain Root Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch
IBM AIX 5.3 libc MALLOCDEBUG File Overwrite Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
www.osvdb.org/54617 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
IBM AIX 'MALLOCDEBUG' File Overwrite Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
IBM AIX libc MALLOCDEBUG Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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