CVE-2009-1753
Coccinelle 0.1.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified "result file."
02 Description
Coccinelle 0.1.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified "result file."
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
- 0.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 23.8% 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
- Low. 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
- 2009-05-21 23:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 05:27Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-05-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3835ebffc1c47ab3287a601904b147bc235d2289f41819be2a47c9ddb754c178
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com35012http://secunia.com/advisories/35012
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-5368https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00731.html
- www.securityfocus.com34848http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34848
- secunia.com35459http://secunia.com/advisories/35459
- packages.debian.orghttp://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/c/coccinelle/coccinelle_0.1.7.deb-3/changelog
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090506 CVE id request: coccinellehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- coccinelle Fixed in 0.1.7.deb-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- coccinelle Fixed in 0.1.7.deb-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- coccinelle Fixed in 0.1.7.deb-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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