CVE-2009-2904
A certain Red Hat modification to the ChrootDirectory feature in OpenSSH 4.8, as used in sshd in OpenSSH 4.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4 and Fedora 11, allows local users to gain privileges via hard links to setuid programs that use…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A certain Red Hat modification to the ChrootDirectory feature in OpenSSH 4.8, as used in sshd in OpenSSH 4.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4 and Fedora 11, allows local users to gain privileges via hard links to setuid programs that use configuration files within the chroot directory, related to requirements for directory ownership.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-16
- Affected
- openbsd/openssh
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038214.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- http://osvdb.org/58495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39182
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36552
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522141
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9862
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1470.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038214.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- http://osvdb.org/58495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39182
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36552
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522141
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9862
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1470.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.