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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EUVD |
EUVD-2009-1781 | 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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T05:27:54.273Z
Reserved: 2009-05-26T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2009-1786
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2009-05-26T15:30:05.390
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2009-1786
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