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CVE-2009-1786
published 2009-05-26

CVE-2009-1786: 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…

PriorityP424medium6.9CVSS 2.0
AVLACMAuNCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
0.67%
48.1th percentile
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.

Affected

2 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
ibmaix
ibmaix
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