CVE-2009-0876
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD
Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.4, 2.0.6r39760, 2.1.0, 2.1.2, and 2.1.4r42893 on Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a hardlink attack, which preserves setuid/setgid bits on Linux, related to DT_RPATH:$ORIGIN.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.8% (56th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0873)
- Published
- March 12, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0873 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- sun / xvm virtualbox
- sun / xvm virtualbox
- sun / xvm virtualbox
- sun / xvm virtualbox
- sun / xvm virtualbox
- sun / xvm virtualbox
- sun / xvm virtualbox
References
- http://osvdb.org/52580
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34232(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254568-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/15/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34080(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021841
- http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3444(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0674(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260331
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49193
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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