CVE-2009-4033

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.

Category

6.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.04%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37249 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10555 vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54677 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-4033?
CVE-2009-4033 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-4033?
To fix CVE-2009-4033, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-4033 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2009-4033 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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