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CVE-2009-3516
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…
High7.2EPSS 0.38%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- ADV-2009-2788 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- IZ50496 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ50444 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ50399 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ49278 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6318 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- IZ49096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ49024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 36545 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/nfs4_advisory.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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