CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
88.3%
The do_coredump function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.19 sets the
flag variable to O_EXCL but does not use it, which allows context-dependent
attackers to modify arbitrary files via a rewrite attack during a core
dump.