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CVE-2009-0115

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0115 describes a critical vulnerability in the Device Mapper multipathing driver (multipath-tools) version 0.4.8, affecting various operating systems including SUSE, Fedora, Debian, and Avaya products. The vulnerability stems from world-writable permissions on the /var/run/multipathd.sock socket file, enabling local users to send arbitrary commands to the multipath daemon. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this flaw allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity, requiring only local access and low privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:christophe.varoqui:multipath-tools:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 16,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: device-mapper-multipath-0:0.4.5-31.el4_7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: device-mapper-multipath-0:0.4.7-23.el5_3.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0115Moderate

device-mapper-multipath: insecure permissions on multipathd.sock

Mar 24, 2009

References

download.opensuse.org / update/10.3-test/repodata/patch-kpartx-6082.xml
Broken LinkExploit
kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
Third Party Advisory
kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
Third Party Advisory
launchpad.net / bugs/cve/2009-0115
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html
Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
Mailing List
lists.vmware.com / pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/34418
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34642
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34694
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34710
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34759
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38794
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9214
Broken Link
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-128.htm
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00231.html
Mailing List
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00236.html
Mailing List
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1767
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0528
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