CVE-2009-3611 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Back In Time (backintime) versions 0.9.26 and earlier, affecting Fedora and other distributions. During the deletion of old backup snapshots, the software temporarily sets file permissions to 0777, allowing local users to read sensitive data or modify files shared across snapshots. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:le-web:backintime:0.9.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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