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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References
17- aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libc_advisory.ascnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/35146nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1380nvdVendor Advisory
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.phpnvd
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www.osvdb.org/54617nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35034nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50636nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6276nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9306nvd
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