| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2009-1786 (CCN-50636) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2009-05-19 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2009-05-19 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2017-09-29 | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 5.1 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 6.9 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.0 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)
2.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-362 | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | File Manipulation | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: IBM SECURITY ADVISORY AIX libc MALLOCDEBUG file overwrite vulnerability Source: CONFIRM Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libc_advisory.asc Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2009-1786 Source: IDEFENSE Type: UNKNOWN 20090520 IBM AIX libc MALLOCDEBUG File Overwrite Vulnerability Source: CCN Type: SA35146 IBM AIX libc MALLOCDEBUG Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Source: SECUNIA Type: Vendor Advisory 35146 Source: CCN Type: SECTRACK ID: 1022261 IBM AIX libc MALLOCDEBUG File Overwrite Bug Lets Local Users Gain Root Privileges Source: SECTRACK Type: Patch 1022261 Source: AIXAPAR Type: UNKNOWN IZ50121 Source: AIXAPAR Type: UNKNOWN IZ50129 Source: AIXAPAR Type: UNKNOWN IZ50139 Source: AIXAPAR Type: UNKNOWN IZ50445 Source: AIXAPAR Type: UNKNOWN IZ50447 Source: AIXAPAR Type: UNKNOWN IZ50500 Source: AIXAPAR Type: UNKNOWN IZ50517 Source: OSVDB Type: UNKNOWN 54617 Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 54617 IBM AIX libc MALLOCDEBUG Environment Variable Local Privilege Escalation Source: BID Type: UNKNOWN 35034 Source: CCN Type: BID-35034 IBM AIX 'MALLOCDEBUG' File Overwrite Vulnerability Source: VUPEN Type: Vendor Advisory ADV-2009-1380 Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN aix-mallocdebug-symlink(50636) Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN aix-mallocdebug-privilege-escalation(50636) Source: CCN Type: iDefense PUBLIC ADVISORY: 05.20.09 IBM AIX libc MALLOCDEBUG File Overwrite Vulnerability Source: OVAL Type: UNKNOWN oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6276 Source: EXPLOIT-DB Type: UNKNOWN 9306 | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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