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CVE-2009-4135

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
11/12/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

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

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
4.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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