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CVE-2009-0912

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
16/03/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

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

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mandriva:multi_network_firewall:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:2008.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:2008.0:-:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:2008.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:2008.1:-:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:2009.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:2009.0:-:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux_corporate_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux_corporate_server:3.0:-:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux_corporate_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux_corporate_server:4.0:-:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*

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