01 Record
CVE-2009-1185
udev before 1.4.1 does not verify whether a NETLINK message originates from kernel space, which allows local users to gain privileges by sending a NETLINK message from user space.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
udev before 1.4.1 does not verify whether a NETLINK message originates from kernel space, which allows local users to gain privileges by sending a NETLINK message from user space.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 80.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-04-17 14:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 05:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-03-31
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- fb088f06ade1a5fff2f9d92755539ebd2dc9c0b80d9a508a9aafb1088b54d6d5
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20090417 rPSA-2009-0063-1 udevhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502752/100/0/threaded
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5975https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5975
- secunia.com34801http://secunia.com/advisories/34801
- secunia.com35766http://secunia.com/advisories/35766
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2009:020http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00006.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:104http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:104
- slackware.comSSA:2009-111-01http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.446399
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-3712https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00462.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1772http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1772
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200904-18http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-18.xml
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1865http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10925https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10925
- www.securityfocus.com34536http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34536
- www.securitytracker.com1022067http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022067
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e2b362d9f23d4c63018709ab5f81a02f72b91e75
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0427http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0427.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:103http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:103
- secunia.com34776http://secunia.com/advisories/34776
- secunia.com34731http://secunia.com/advisories/34731
- lists.vmware.com[Security-announce] 20090710 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curlhttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html
- secunia.com34753http://secunia.com/advisories/34753
- secunia.com34785http://secunia.com/advisories/34785
- secunia.com34787http://secunia.com/advisories/34787
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-3711https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00463.html
- launchpad.nethttps://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1185
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1053http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1053
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2009:025http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00012.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-758-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-758-1
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e86a923d508c2aed371cdd958ce82489cf2ab615
- kb.juniper.nethttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691
- secunia.com34771http://secunia.com/advisories/34771
- kb.juniper.nethttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- www.securityfocus.com20090711 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com34750http://secunia.com/advisories/34750
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495051
- www.exploit-db.com8572https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8572