Unscored severity · published Jul 17, 2009
CVE-2009-1894
Race condition in PulseAudio 0.9.9, 0.9.10, and 0.9.14 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving creation of a hard link, related to the application setting…
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CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Race condition in PulseAudio 0.9.9, 0.9.10, and 0.9.14 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving creation of a hard link, related to the application setting LD_BIND_NOW to 1, and then calling execv on the target of the /proc/self/exe symlink.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PU
Pulseaudio · Pulseaudio
0.9.9; 0.9.10; 0.9.14 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1894
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1894
blog.cr0.org
http://blog.cr0.org/2009/07/old-school-local-root-vulnerability-in.html
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/35868
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/35886
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/35896
security.gentoo.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-13.xml
taviso.decsystem.org
http://taviso.decsystem.org/research.html
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