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CVE-2009-1072

Date: March 24, 2009

nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the root_squash option.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.2

Related Resources (33)

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1072

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35185

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8382

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00007.html

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.9

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35121

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-1072

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35343

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/34432

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35390

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34205

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37471

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49356

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1072

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10314

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/34786

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35656

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35394

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/34422

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=76a67ec6fb79ff3570dcb5342142c16098299911

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/23/1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html

Url: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/805280

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0802

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-1072

Severity Score

6.2

Weakness Type (CWE)

Configuration

CWE-16

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.2
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2009-1072

Date: March 24, 2009

Language: C

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