CVE-2009-1527
6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.9%
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.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux:linux_kernel | linux linux kernel | le | 2.6.29 |
| linux:linux_kernel | linux linux kernel | eq | 2.6.30 |
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cad81bc2529ab8c62b6fdc83a1c0c7f4a87209eb
secunia.com/advisories/34977
secunia.com/advisories/35120
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.30-rc4
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/04/2
www.osvdb.org/54188
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/34799
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1236
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50293
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6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.9%