CVE-2009-4411
LOW · CVSS 3.7EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The (1) setfacl and (2) getfacl commands in XFS acl 2.2.47, when running in recursive (-R) mode, follow symbolic links even when the --physical (aka -P) or -L option is specified, which might allow local users to modify the ACL for arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (26th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4378)
- Published
- December 24, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4378 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- xfs / acl
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499076
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/acl.git/commit/?id=63451a0
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html
- http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=790
- http://osvdb.org/61302
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37907(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38420
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:345
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/23/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37455(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55004
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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