CVE-2009-2727
HIGHEPSS 98th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libtt_advisory.asc
- http://risesecurity.org/advisories/RISE-2009001.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35505
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52842
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52843
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52844
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52845
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52846
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52847
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52848
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52849
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52850
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52851
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35419
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1620
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.