HIGH
Buffer overflow in pppdial in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "input string."
Published Mar 4, 2009
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
Description
Buffer overflow in pppdial in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "input string."
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.39% 0.00388
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00388
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00388) | 30.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00388) | 30.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 16.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34005 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021741 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44199 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44220 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44332 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44388 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/52179 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33852 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0487 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34005 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1021741 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44199 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44220 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44332 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44388 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/52179 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33852 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0487 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 4, 2009
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Mar 4, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0779
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a