CVE-2009-4135 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting GNU coreutils versions 5.2.1 through 8.1, including distributions like Canonical Ubuntu and Fedora. The vulnerability, rated with a CVSS score of 4.4 (medium severity), allows local attackers to gain privileges through a symlink attack on files within /tmp during the 'distcheck' rule execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.91CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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