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CVE-2009-1185

udev before 1.4.1 does not verify whether a NETLINK message originates from kernel space, which allows local users to gain privileges by sending a NETLINK message from user space.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2009-1185 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 9 products from udev_project, from suse, from opensuse and 6 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2009, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2009-04-17T14:30:00.563

Last Modified

2026-06-16T23:06:41.727

Status

Modified

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-346

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	udev_project	udev	< 141	Yes
Application	suse	linux_enterprise_debuginfo	10	Yes
Application	suse	linux_enterprise_debuginfo	11	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	10.3	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.1	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	10	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	10	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	11	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	4.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	5.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	6.06	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	7.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.10	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	9	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	10	Yes
Application	juniper	ctpview	< 7.1	Yes
Application	juniper	ctpview	7.1	Yes
Application	juniper	ctpview	7.1	Yes
Application	juniper	ctpview	7.2	Yes

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e2b362d9f23d4c63018709ab5f81a02f72b91e75 ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e86a923d508c2aed371cdd958ce82489cf2ab615 ([email protected])
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34731 Not Applicable ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34750 Not Applicable ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34753 Not Applicable ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34771 Not Applicable ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34776 Not Applicable ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34785 Not Applicable ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34787 Not Applicable ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34801 Not Applicable ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35766 Not Applicable ([email protected])
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.446399 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1772 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-18.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:103 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:104 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0427.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502752/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34536 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022067 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-758-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1053 Permissions Required ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865 Permissions Required ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495051 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1185 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10925 Broken Link ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5975 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8572 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00462.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00463.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e2b362d9f23d4c63018709ab5f81a02f72b91e75 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e86a923d508c2aed371cdd958ce82489cf2ab615 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34731 Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34750 Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34753 Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34771 Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34776 Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34785 Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34787 Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34801 Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35766 Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.446399 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1772 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-18.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:103 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:104 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0427.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502752/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34536 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022067 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-758-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1053 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495051 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1185 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10925 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5975 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8572 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00462.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00463.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For udev_project's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.