HIGH
Buffer overflow in the syscall implementation in IBM AIX 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors
Published Jul 13, 2009
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
Buffer overflow in the syscall implementation in IBM AIX 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
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.
0.37% 0.00374
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00374
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 2, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00374) | 29.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00374) | 28.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00058) | 15.33th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35754 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022530 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54713 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARVendor Advisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54714 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/55727 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35615 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51612 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/35754 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1022530 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54713 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARVendor Advisory | |
| http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54714 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/55727 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35615 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51612 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 13, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 13, 2009
Link CVE-2009-2434
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a