CVE-2009-1786
MediumPublished
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...
- Published
- May 26, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- May 20, 2009
Primary CVSS
6.9/ 10Medium
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C0.7%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 50.0%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1inking · php · May 20, 2009
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