CVE-2009-2669 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting IBM AIX versions 5.3 and 6.1. It allows local users to create arbitrary root-owned, world-writable files by manipulating the _LIB_INIT_DBG or _LIB_INIT_DBG_FILE environment variables when executing a setuid-root program. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), a public exploit (EDB-9645) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| 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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.