Unscored severity · published Aug 5, 2009
CVE-2009-2669
A certain debugging component in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 does not properly handle the (1) _LIB_INIT_DBG and (2) _LIB_INIT_DBG_FILE environment variables, which allows local users to…
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CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A certain debugging component in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 does not properly handle the (1) _LIB_INIT_DBG and (2) _LIB_INIT_DBG_FILE environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a setuid-root program to create an arbitrary root-owned file with world-writable permissions, related to libC.a (aka the XL C++ runtime library) in AIX 5.3 and libc.a in AIX 6.1.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Aix · Ibm
5.3; 6.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2669
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2669
Vendor Advisory
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libC_advisory.asc
labs.idefense.com
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=815
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/36156
www.ibm.com
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54090
www.ibm.com
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54091
www.ibm.com
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54593
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