CVE-2009-4133 Privilege escalation in n/a
Authenticated users can escalate privileges to arbitrary users by modifying job attributes in Condor grid computing software.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-4133?
CVE-2009-4133 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Mrg, published on 23 Dec 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Condor 6.5.4 through 7.2.4, 7.3.x, and 7.4.0, as used in MRG, Grid for MRG, and Grid Execute Node for MRG, allows remote authenticated users to queue jobs as an arbitrary user, and thereby gain privileges, by using a Condor command-line tool to modify an unspecified job attribute.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4133?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (9)
condor Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:7.4.1-0.7.1.el4 |
condor-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:7.4.1-0.7.1.el4 |
condor-kbdd Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:7.4.1-0.7.1.el4 |
condor-qmf-plugins Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:7.4.1-0.7.1.el4 |
condor Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:7.4.1-0.7.1.el5 |
condor-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:7.4.1-0.7.1.el5 |
condor-kbdd Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:7.4.1-0.7.1.el5 |
condor-qmf-plugins Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:7.4.1-0.7.1.el5 |
condor-vm-gahp Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:7.4.1-0.7.1.el5 |
Products include Condor Project Condor, Redhat Enterprise Mrg.
How do I fix CVE-2009-4133?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2009-4133 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4133 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Enterprise Mrg
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4crj-cmpw-2wrg, RHSA-2009:1688, RHSA-2009:1689.