Vulnerability in IBM Aix
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 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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (51.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- IBM Aix — versions 5.3, 6.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory)
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/36156 (third-party-advisory)
- aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libC_advisory.asc (Vendor Advisory)
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory)
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35934 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2151 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-2669?
- CVE-2009-2669 is a vulnerability in IBM Aix, classified under CWE-264. Published 2009-08-05.
- Is CVE-2009-2669 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.