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CVE-2009-3516

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-255 Credentials Management
Publication date:
01/10/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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