Vulnerability Details CVE-2009-4033
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 11.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 6.9
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37249
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54677
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10555
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37249
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54677
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10555
Products affected by CVE-2009-4033
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cpe:2.3:a:tim_hockin:acpid:1.0.4