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CVE-2009-3517
nfs.ext in IBM AIX 5.3.x through 5.3.9 and 6.1.0 through 6.1.2 does not properly use the nfs_portmon setting, which allows remote…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 4.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
nfs.ext in IBM AIX 5.3.x through 5.3.9 and 6.1.0 through 6.1.2 does not properly use the nfs_portmon setting, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions for NFSv4 shares via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.6% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
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
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6366 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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
- IZ49096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ49024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/nfs4_advisory.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36544 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-3499 (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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