CVE-2009-1786 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1, where a symlink attack on the malloc subsystem's log file, controlled by the MALLOCDEBUG environment variable, allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability is considered high severity, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit or Nuclei, though an unrelated ExploitDB entry exists. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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