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CVE-2009-4135

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.

Published

2009-12-11T16:30:00.327

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-59
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 5.2.1 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 5.91 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 5.92 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 5.93 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 5.94 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 5.95 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 5.96 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 5.97 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 6.2 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 6.3 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 6.4 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 6.5 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 6.6 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 6.7 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 6.8 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 6.9 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 6.10 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 6.11 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 6.12 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 7.1 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 7.2 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 7.3 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 7.4 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 7.5 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 7.6 Yes
Application gnu coreutils 8.1 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 11 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 12 Yes
References