7.2
HIGH
CVE-2009-0779
IBM AIX pppdial Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation
Description

Buffer overflow in pppdial in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "input string."

INFO

Published Date :

March 4, 2009, 11:30 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-0779 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ibm aix

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-0779 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34005
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1021741
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/52179
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33852
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0487
    Added Reference http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44199
    Added Reference http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44220
    Added Reference http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44332
    Added Reference http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44388
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 04, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} -0.00%

score

0.16563

percentile

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