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CVE-2009-0779

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-03-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

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

• IBM AIX: 5.3, 6.1

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/34005
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021741
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44199
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44220
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44332
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44388
• http://www.osvdb.org/52179
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33852
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0487
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34005
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021741
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44199

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