CVE-2009-4411
Published Dec 24, 2009
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- Description
- The (1) setfacl and (2) getfacl commands in XFS acl 2.2.47, when running in recursive (-R) mode, follow symbolic links even when the --physical (aka -P) or -L option is specified, which might allow local users to modify the ACL for arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 3.7
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 1.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-264
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Vendor comments
- Red HatNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of acl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:xfs:acl:2.2.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "EF932DC1-59DD-45D4-A8F4-CA1BADB45565"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]