CVE-2009-1185
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 80.5%EU EUVD
udev before 1.4.1 does not verify whether a NETLINK message originates from kernel space, which allows local users to gain privileges by sending a NETLINK message from user space.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-346
- EPSS score
- 80.5% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1185)
- Published
- April 17, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1185 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- juniper / ctpview
- juniper / ctpview
- juniper / ctpview
- juniper / ctpview
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- suse / linux enterprise debuginfo
- suse / linux enterprise debuginfo
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- udev project / udev
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e2b362d9f23d4c63018709ab5f81a02f72b91e75
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e86a923d508c2aed371cdd958ce82489cf2ab615
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691(Third Party Advisory)
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00012.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34731(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34750(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34753(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34771(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34776(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34785(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34787(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34801(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35766(Not Applicable)
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.446399(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063(Broken Link)
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063(Broken Link)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1772(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-18.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:103(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:104(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0427.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502752/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34536(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022067(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-758-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1053(Permissions Required)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865(Permissions Required)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495051(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1185(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10925(Broken Link)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5975(Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8572(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00462.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00463.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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