CVE-2009-1786

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.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 51st percentile

Published

2009-05-26

Updated

2024-08-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9306

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33001

Security advisories

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libc_advisory.asc
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35146
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1380
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022261
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35034

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry