CVE-2009-4033 Information disclosure in n/a
Local attackers can read, overwrite, or execute the acpid log file due to weak permissions, leading to information disclosure or privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-4033?
CVE-2009-4033 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Dec 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A certain Red Hat patch for acpid 1.0.4 effectively triggers a call to the open function with insufficient arguments, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file, cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, or gain privileges by executing this file.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4033?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (4)
acpid Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:1.0.4-9.el5_4.1 |
acpid-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:1.0.4-9.el5_4.1 |
acpid Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.0.4-9.el5_4.1 |
acpid-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.0.4-9.el5_4.1 |
Products include Tim Hockin Acpid.
How do I fix CVE-2009-4033?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2009-4033 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4033 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-34cv-vv2p-pf8p, RHSA-2009:1642.