CVE-2009-1215
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.2%EU EUVD
Race condition in GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- EPSS score
- 0.2% (14th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1214)
- Published
- April 1, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1214 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / gnu screen
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521123
- http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?25296
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34521
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/315993
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492104
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49887
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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