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CVE-2009-1072

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Date: March 24, 2009

nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the root_squash option.

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Related Resources (33)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1072
http://secunia.com/advisories/35185
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8382
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00007.html
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.9
http://secunia.com/advisories/35121
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-1072
http://secunia.com/advisories/35343
http://secunia.com/advisories/34432
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35390
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34205
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49356
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1072
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10314
http://secunia.com/advisories/34786
http://secunia.com/advisories/35656
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800
http://secunia.com/advisories/35394
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
http://secunia.com/advisories/34422
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=76a67ec6fb79ff3570dcb5342142c16098299911
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/23/1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/805280
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0802
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-1072

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CWE-16

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): NONE
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