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CVE-2009-1527

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Date: May 5, 2009

Race condition in the ptrace_attach function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc4 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_ATTACH ptrace call during an exec system call that is launching a setuid application, related to locking an incorrect cred_exec_mutex object.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.9

Related Resources (5)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1236

Url: http://www.osvdb.org/54188

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1527

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-1527

Severity Score

6.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Race Conditions

CWE-362

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CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2009-1527

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Date: May 5, 2009

Language: C

Severity Score

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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CVSS v2

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