CVE-2009-4033 (GCVE-0-2009-4033)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-12-08 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:45
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A certain Red Hat patch for acpid 1.0.4 effectively triggers a call to the open function with insufficient arguments, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file, cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, or gain privileges by executing this file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37249 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-16… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA |
Date Public
2009-12-07 00:00
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