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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 26, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2009-1786

CVE-2009-1786

Description

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.

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Affected products

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  • IBM/Aix3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 5.3, 6.1

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