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CVE-2009-0876

Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.4, 2.0.6r39760, 2.1.0, 2.1.2, and 2.1.4r42893 on Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a hardlink attack, which preserves setuid/setgid bits on Linux, related to DT_RPATH:$ORIGIN.

Published

2009-03-12T15:20:49.890

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	sun	xvm_virtualbox	2.0.0	Yes
Application	sun	xvm_virtualbox	2.0.2	Yes
Application	sun	xvm_virtualbox	2.0.4	Yes
Application	sun	xvm_virtualbox	2.0.6r39760	Yes
Application	sun	xvm_virtualbox	2.1.0	Yes
Application	sun	xvm_virtualbox	2.1.2	Yes
Application	sun	xvm_virtualbox	2.1.4r42893	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	*	No

References

http://osvdb.org/52580 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34232 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254568-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/15/1 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/2 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34080 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021841 ([email protected])
http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3444 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0674 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260331 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49193 ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/52580 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34232 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254568-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/15/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34080 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021841 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3444 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0674 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260331 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49193 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)