CVE-2009-3516
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
gssd in IBM AIX 5.3.x through 5.3.9 and 6.1.0 through 6.1.2 does not properly handle the NFSv4 Kerberos credential cache, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions for Kerberized NFSv4 shares via unspecified vectors.
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-255
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3498)
- Published
- October 1, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3498 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/nfs4_advisory.asc(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ49024(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ49096(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ49278(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50399(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50444
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50496(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36545(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2788(Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6318
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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