# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 23 Dec 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4crj-cmpw-2wrg, RHSA-2009:1688, RHSA-2009:1689

## 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.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `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: 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

- [CVE-2012-5390](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5390/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-5196](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5196/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-5197](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5197/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-3416](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3416/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3424](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3424/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-4133 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4133 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Enterprise Mrg. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4133/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4133/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4133
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4133
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-4133

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4133/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.