CVE-2009-4135
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 through 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file in a directory tree under /tmp.
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
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4105)
- Published
- December 11, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4105 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
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
- gnu / coreutils
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5(Issue Tracking, Patch)
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126030454503441&w=2(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37645
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37860
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62226
- http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18779.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18787.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/4(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.osvdb.org/60853
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37256(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2473-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3453(Permissions Required)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439(Issue Tracking, Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54673
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00954.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00972.html(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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