CVE-2009-4033
A certain Red Hat patch for acpid 1.0.4 effectively triggers a call to the open function with insufficient arguments, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file,…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A certain Red Hat patch for acpid 1.0.4 effectively triggers a call to the open function with insufficient arguments, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file, cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, or gain privileges by executing this file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 24th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- tim hockin/acpid
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37249
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54677
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10555
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37249
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54677
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10555
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.