CVE-2009-4235
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
acpid 1.0.4 sets an unrestrictive umask, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file or cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4033.
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-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (25th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4204)
- Published
- December 8, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4204 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- tim hockin / acpid
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1960
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:343
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html(Patch)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54676
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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