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CVE-2009-4411

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4411 describes a vulnerability in the setfacl and getfacl commands within XFS acl 2.2.47. When operating in recursive mode, these commands incorrectly follow symbolic links even when the --physical or -L options are specified, potentially allowing local users to manipulate ACLs for arbitrary files or directories through a symlink attack. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.7, indicating low severity with local access, high attack complexity, and partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2.47CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfs:acl:2.2.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.7LOW

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-4411Low

acl: vulnerable to symlink attacks

Sep 18, 2008

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
git.savannah.gnu.org / cgit/acl.git/commit
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html
oss.sgi.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
osvdb.org / 61302
secunia.com / advisories/37907
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38420
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/55004
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/12/23/2
securityfocus.com / bid/37455
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