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CVE-2009-1786

CVE-2009-1786

EPSS 0.7%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libc_advisory.aschttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=802http://secunia.com/advisories/35146http://securitytracker.com/id?1022261https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50636https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6276https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9306http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50121http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50129http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50139http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50445http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50447