- Description
- The ACPI subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 uses 0222 permissions for the debugfs custom_method file, which allows local users to gain privileges by placing a custom ACPI method in the ACPI interpreter tables, related to the acpi_debugfs_init function in drivers/acpi/debugfs.c.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.9
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.4
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-269
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
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