Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2009-4033 First vendor Publication 2009-12-08
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4033

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10555
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10555
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-4033
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23013
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23013
Title: ELSA-2009:1642: acpid security update (Important)
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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2009:1642-02
CVE-2009-4033
Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): acpid
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29263
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29263
Title: RHSA-2009:1642 -- acpid security update (Important)
Description: An updated acpid package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2009:1642
CESA-2009:1642-CentOS 5
CVE-2009-4033
Version: 3
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Product(s): acpid
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for acpid CESA-2009:1642 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1642_acpid_centos5_i386.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:342 (acpid)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_342.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1642 (acpid)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1642.nasl
2009-12-10 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1642
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1642.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
60851 acpid Open Function /var/log/acpid Permission Weakness Local Privilege Escala...

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2009-12-17 IAVM : 2009-A-0135 - Red Hat Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Severity : Category II - VMSKEY : V0022104

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-11-26 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2009-0037.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1642.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20091207_acpid_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1642.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-28 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-343.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-08 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1642.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

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.ova...
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