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CVE-2009-0876

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
12/03/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.0.6r39760:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.1.4r42893:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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