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CVE-2009-4135

high

Description

The distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 through 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file in a directory tree under /tmp.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00972.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00954.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2473-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37256

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/4

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126030454503441&w=2

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54673

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3453

http://www.osvdb.org/60853

http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18787.html

http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18779.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/62226

http://secunia.com/advisories/37860

http://secunia.com/advisories/37645

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-12-11

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00032