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Status published
Medium
CVE-2009-4235
acpid 1.0.4 sets an unrestrictive umask, which might allow local...
Vulnerability Description
acpid 1.0.4 sets an unrestrictive umask, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file or cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4033.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1960
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54676
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:343
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342
Affected Vendor
tim hockin
View all reports →Affected Software
acpid
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 8th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.