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CVE-2009-2657

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

nilfs-utils before 2.0.14 installs multiple programs with unnecessary setuid privileges, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via the device string in a -c command line option to mkfs.nilfs2.

Key facts

CVSS score
4.6 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
0.5% (46th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2009-2651)
Published
August 4, 2009
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2651 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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References

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

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