IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2009-1786 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 15–45 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read • Source: NVD CVE-2009-1786, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2009-1786 NVD summary: The malloc subsystem in libc in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack […]