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CVE-2009-1601

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1601 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Ubuntu clamav-milter.init script (versions prior to 0.95.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2 on Ubuntu 9.04). This flaw allows a local, authenticated user to gain control over the current working directory by having its ownership incorrectly set to the clamav account. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ubuntuvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/35000
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50311
launchpad.net / bugs/365823
securityfocus.com / bid/34818
Patch
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-770-1
Vendor Advisory