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CVE-2009-2434

• 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: 2009-07-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the syscall implementation in IBM AIX 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.3

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/35754
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022530
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54713
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54714
• http://www.osvdb.org/55727
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35615
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51612
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35754
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022530
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54713
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54714
• http://www.osvdb.org/55727

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