CVE-2009-4033 describes a vulnerability in a specific Red Hat patch for acpid 1.0.4, where an insufficient argument call to the open function can lead to local users exploiting weak permissions on /var/log/acpid. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 6.9 (High) due to its potential for complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact (C:C/I:C/A:C) through reading, overwriting, or executing the log file. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tim_hockin:acpid:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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