CVE-2009-1072 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2009-1072?

CVE-2009-1072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 25 Mar 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the root_squash option.

Weakness: CWE-16

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1072?

It affects 11 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Server and 5 more.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1072?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-1072 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1072 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-pxr6-gr2r-cc6x.