VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-1215
Race condition in GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file.
LOW 1.9EPSS 0.23%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Race condition in GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.23% probability · 14th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- gnu/gnu screen
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521123
- http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?25296
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34521
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/315993
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492104
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49887
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521123
- http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?25296
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34521
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/315993
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492104
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49887
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.