CVE-2009-4135

GNU coreutils <8.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

The distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 through 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file in a directory tree under /tmp.

References (16)

[Issue Tracking, Patch] http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126030454503441&w=2

[Mailing List] http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18779.html

[Mailing List] http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18787.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/4

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.osvdb.org/60853

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37256

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2473-1

[Permissions Required] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3453

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54673

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00954.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00972.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/37645

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/37860

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/62226

Scores

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 8.8%

Classification

CWE

CWE-59

Status draft

Affected Products (31)

canonical/ubuntu_linux

gnu/coreutils

... and 16 more

Timeline

Published Dec 11, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026