CVE-2009-4193
LOW · CVSS 3.3EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
Merkaartor 0.14 allows local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/merkaartor.log temporary file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (25th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4163)
- Published
- December 3, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4163 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- merkaartor / merkaartor
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548546
- http://osvdb.org/58389
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36897(Vendor Advisory)
- http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/2320
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36529(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53486
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00869.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00870.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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