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critical 9.3

CVE-2009-2727 in the critical feed json

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…

published 2009-08-10 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2718

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
26.7%
EPSS 26.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/aix/rpc_ttdbserverd_realpath)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

26.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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