01 Record
CVE-2009-3889
The dbg_lvl file for the megaraid_sas driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 has world-writable permissions, which allows local users to change the (1) behavior and (2) logging level of the driver
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The dbg_lvl file for the megaraid_sas driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 has world-writable permissions, which allows local users to change the (1) behavior and (2) logging level of the driver
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
- 0.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 44.5% 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
- Moderate. 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
- 2009-11-16 19:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-11-05
- 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
- 0c7a7504a07ba5072d3b4dcbbf1209f0ff683488c1544d4e8014c7b688c63b7d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2009:061http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-864-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526068
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091113 Re: CVE request: kernel: bad permissions on megaraid_sas sysfs fileshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/13/4
- www.securityfocus.com37019http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37019
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666
- secunia.com37909http://secunia.com/advisories/37909
- osvdb.org60202http://osvdb.org/60202
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11018https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11018
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=66dca9b8c50b5e59d3bea8b21cee5c6dae6c9c46
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2009:064http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091113 CVE request: kernel: bad permissions on megaraid_sas sysfs fileshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/13/1
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:013http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0095https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:7163https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7163
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0046https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2005http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005