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CVE-2009-0912

perl-MDK-Common 1.1.11 and 1.1.24, 1.2.9 through 1.2.14, and possibly other versions, in Mandriva Linux does not properly handle strings when writing them to configuration files, which allows attackers to gain privileges via "special characters" in unspecified vectors.

Published

2009-03-16T17:30:00.390

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mandriva multi_network_firewall 2.0 Yes
Operating System mandriva linux 2008.0 Yes
Operating System mandriva linux 2008.0 Yes
Operating System mandriva linux 2008.1 Yes
Operating System mandriva linux 2008.1 Yes
Operating System mandriva linux 2009.0 Yes
Operating System mandriva linux 2009.0 Yes
Operating System mandriva linux_corporate_server 3.0 Yes
Operating System mandriva linux_corporate_server 3.0 Yes
Operating System mandriva linux_corporate_server 4.0 Yes
Operating System mandriva linux_corporate_server 4.0 Yes
References