CVE-2009-1299
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The pa_make_secure_dir function in core-util.c in PulseAudio 0.9.10 and 0.9.19 allows local users to change the ownership and permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file.
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
- 0.3% (27th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1297)
- Published
- March 18, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1297 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pulseaudio / pulseaudio
- pulseaudio / pulseaudio
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573615
- http://git.0pointer.de/?p=pulseaudio.git%3Ba=patch%3Bh=d3efa43d85ac132c6a5a416a2b6f2115f5d577ee
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2017
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:124
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1570
- https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/509008
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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