01 Record
CVE-2009-2657
nilfs-utils before 2.0.14 installs multiple programs with unnecessary setuid privileges, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via the device string in a -c command line option to
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
nilfs-utils before 2.0.14 installs multiple programs with unnecessary setuid privileges, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via the device string in a -c command line option to
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
- 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.5% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2009-08-04 16:13Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 02:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-08-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- b1e2e1238dfefa02be217462de46061f62e467da25da00d2a92d385a9845e4d6
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.nilfs.orghttp://www.nilfs.org/git/?p=nilfs2-utils.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a5cb60e624e4863c8d6feaf2ea8791abb48d6f15
- www.nilfs.orghttp://www.nilfs.org/git/?p=nilfs2-utils.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5c95a57102e23e6982467cbe23e922450d3f38ed
- www.nilfs.orghttp://www.nilfs.org/git/?p=nilfs2-utils.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d807e1c968c1f288486fb7d6f817434838fc12f7
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090724 nilfs-utils privilege escalationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/24/4
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505374