CVE-2009-3611
common/snapshots.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 0.9.26 changes certain permissions to 0777 before deleting the files in an old backup snapshot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive
02 Description
common/snapshots.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 0.9.26 changes certain permissions to 0777 before deleting the files in an old backup snapshot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive
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
- 0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 22.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- 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
- 2009-10-26 16:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-10-09
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 868a9baeac0062c2149987591ad2a748cb162d8e9aec75aa74dc57587b554dcc
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=543785
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=289047
- ftp.debian.orghttp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/b/backintime/backintime_0.9.26-3.diff.gz
- marc.info[oss-security] 20091014 Re: CVE Request - backintimehttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125554894700336&w=2
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-9282https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00821.html
- marc.info[oss-security] 20091014 CVE Request - backintimehttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125553645511436&w=2
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/backintime/+bug/434256
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520210
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-9298https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00823.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- backintime Fixed in 0.9.26-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- backintime Fixed in 0.9.26-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- backintime Fixed in 0.9.26-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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