Is CVE-2009-2727 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2727 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2727?

CVE-2009-2727 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2009-2727

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 26.7%EU EUVD

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _tt_internal_realpath function in the ToolTalk library (libtt.a) in IBM AIX 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 5.3.7 through 5.3.10, and 6.1.0 through 6.1.3, when the rpc.ttdbserver daemon is enabled in /etc/inetd.conf, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long XDR-encoded ASCII string to remote procedure 15.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 26.7% (98th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-2718)
Published: August 10, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2718 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

ibm / aix
ibm / aix
ibm / aix
ibm / aix
ibm / aix
ibm / aix
ibm / aix
ibm / aix
ibm / aix
ibm / aix
ibm / aix
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ibm / aix
ibm / aix
ibm / aix
ibm / aix

References

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libtt_advisory.asc(Vendor Advisory)
http://risesecurity.org/advisories/RISE-2009001.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/35505(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52842(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52843(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52844(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52845(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52846(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52847(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52848(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52849(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52850(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52851(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35419(Exploit)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1620(Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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