CVE-2009-0779
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in pppdial in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "input string."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0779)
- Published
- March 4, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0779 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34005(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021741
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44199(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44220(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44332(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44388(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.osvdb.org/52179
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33852
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0487(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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