CVE - CVE-2009-4033

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-4033	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2009:342 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342 REDHAT:RHSA-2009:1642 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html BID:37249 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37249 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10555 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10555 SECTRACK:1023284 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284 XF:acpid-logfile-privilege-escalation(54677) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54677
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20091120	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20091120)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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