CVE - CVE-2009-2669

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-2669	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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 leveraging a setuid-root program to create an arbitrary root-owned file with world-writable permissions, related to libC.a (aka the XL C++ runtime library) in AIX 5.3 and libc.a in AIX 6.1.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
AIXAPAR:IZ54090 URL:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54090 AIXAPAR:IZ54091 URL:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54091 AIXAPAR:IZ54593 URL:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54593 AIXAPAR:IZ56203 URL:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56203 AIXAPAR:IZ56204 URL:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56204 AIXAPAR:IZ56205 URL:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56205 AIXAPAR:IZ56206 URL:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56206 BID:35934 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35934 CONFIRM:http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libC_advisory.asc IDEFENSE:20090804 IBM AIX libC _LIB_INIT_DBG Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability URL:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=815 SECUNIA:36156 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36156 VUPEN:ADV-2009-2151 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2151~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20090805	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20090805)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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