CVE-2009-0536 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the bos.rte.cron component of IBM AIX versions 5.2.0, 5.3.0 through 5.3.9, and 6.1.0 through 6.1.2. It allows local users to read arbitrary files due to the cron process failing to drop root privileges. With a CVSS score of 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N), this vulnerability requires local access and low attack complexity to achieve a complete confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.