Is CVE-2009-1297 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-1297 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-1297?

CVE-2009-1297 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.4 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-1297

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD

iscsi_discovery in open-iscsi in SUSE openSUSE 10.3 through 11.1 and SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 10 SP2 and 11, and other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file that has a predictable name.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.4 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-59
EPSS score: 0.3% (27th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-1295)
Published: October 23, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1295 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

novell / suse linux
novell / suse linux
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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