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CVE-2009-4081

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4081 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in dstat versions prior to r3199, allowing local attackers to elevate privileges by introducing a malicious Python module in the current working directory. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability requires local access and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dag.wieers:dstat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dag.wieers:dstat:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dag.wieers:dstat:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dag.wieers:dstat:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dag.wieers:dstat:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0028 is in the 12th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories