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HistorySep 29, 2008 - 5:00 p.m.

CVE-2008-4210

2008-09-2917:00:00
mitre
www.cve.org
9
linux kernel
privilege escalation
vulnerability
setgid directory

AI Score

6.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

0.4%

fs/open.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by creating an executable file in a setgid directory through the (1) truncate or (2) ftruncate function in conjunction with memory-mapped I/O.

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