01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 53.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-08-05 19:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 05:59Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-08-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c022357854b522302ab3bbaa98e6f4d0d9e005d736dfc62a981e19fa487eff91
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ibm.comIZ54593http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54593
- www.ibm.comIZ56204http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56204
- secunia.com36156http://secunia.com/advisories/36156
- aix.software.ibm.comhttp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libC_advisory.asc
- www.ibm.comIZ56203http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56203
- www.ibm.comIZ54090http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54090
- www.ibm.comIZ54091http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54091
- www.securityfocus.com35934http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35934
- www.ibm.comIZ56205http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56205
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-2151http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2151
- labs.idefense.com20090804 IBM AIX libC _LIB_INIT_DBG Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=815
- www.ibm.comIZ56206http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56206