CVE-2009-3517 describes a critical vulnerability in IBM AIX versions 5.3.x through 5.3.9 and 6.1.0 through 6.1.2, where the nfs.ext component fails to correctly enforce the nfs_portmon setting. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions on NFSv4 shares through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no public exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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.