CVE-2008-0001
LOW · CVSS 3.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
VFS in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.16, and 2.6.23.x before 2.6.23.14, performs tests of access mode by using the flag variable instead of the acc_mode variable, which might allow local users to bypass intended permissions and remove directories.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0015)
- Published
- January 15, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0015 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=974a9f0b47da74e28f68b9c8645c3786aa5ace1a
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.16
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28485(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28558(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28626(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28628(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28643(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28664(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28706(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28748(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28806(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28971(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29245(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019289
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0021
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1479
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.14
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0089.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486485/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27280(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0151(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39672
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2146
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9709
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00828.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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