CVE-2009-3517
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 4.4%EU EUVD
nfs.ext in IBM AIX 5.3.x through 5.3.9 and 6.1.0 through 6.1.2 does not properly use the nfs_portmon setting, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions for NFSv4 shares via unspecified vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 4.4% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3499)
- 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-2009-3499 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
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50399(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50444(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50496(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36544(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2788(Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6366
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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