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CVE-2009-2727 EXPLOIT

9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 26.7% (pctl 98)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS9.3 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS26.75% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-119
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2009-08-10
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
ibmaix

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbToolTalk - rpc.ttdbserverd _tt_internal_realpath Buffer Overflow (AIX) (Metasploit)2010-11-11

References

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