CVE-2009-1786
CVSS V2 Medium 6.9
CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2009-1786
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2009-05-26T15:30:05
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-09-29T01:34:33
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- COMPLETE
- Integrity Impact
- COMPLETE
- Availability Impact
- COMPLETE
- Base Score
- 6.9
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 3.4
- Impact Score
- 10
References
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1786 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1786 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 08:18:50 | Added to TrackCVE |