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.
EPSS: 0.007 (50.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Ibm Aix — versions 5.3, 6.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
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.