CVE-2009-3725
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
The connector layer in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.5 does not require the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for certain interaction with the (1) uvesafb, (2) pohmelfs, (3) dst, or (4) dm subsystem, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and gain privileges via calls to functions in these subsystems.
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-264
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (49th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3697)
- Published
- November 6, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3697 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
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125449888416314&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125715484511380&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125716192622235&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51382/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51383/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51384/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51387/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37113(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38905(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.5(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36834(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/linux-kernel-multiple-capabilities-missing-checks/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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