CVE-2009-3556 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in specific Red Hat configurations of the qla2xxx driver within the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on RHEL 5, particularly when NPIV hardware is in use. This misconfiguration sets world-writable permissions on vport_create and vport_delete files under /sys/class/scsi_host/, allowing local users to arbitrarily modify SCSI host attributes. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.9, indicating a local attack vector with medium complexity and a potential impact limited to integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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