CVE-2009-1786
IBM AIX MALLOCSubsystem File Overwrite Vulnerability
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.
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Published Date :
May 26, 2009, 3:30 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.4
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libc_advisory.asc Added Reference http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=802 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35146 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1022261 Added Reference http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50121 Added Reference http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50129 Added Reference http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50139 Added Reference http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50445 Added Reference http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50447 Added Reference http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50500 Added Reference http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50517 Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/54617 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35034 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1380 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50636 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6276 Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9306 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6276 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/9306 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9306 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6276 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 17, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/50636 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50636 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 26, 2009
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-1786 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-1786
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.16 }} -0.02%
score
0.33536
percentile