CVE-2009-4193
Merkaartor 0.14 allows local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/merkaartor.log temporary file.
02 Description
Merkaartor 0.14 allows local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/merkaartor.log temporary 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
- 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 25.0% 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
- 2009-12-03 19:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-12-03
- 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
- 3b5478c1ca2e3133a34259495a98e3010ca0dcfb229e01588515366fe6ceba94
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commerkaartor-unspecified-symlink(53486)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53486
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-13196https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00870.html
- trac.openstreetmap.orghttp://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/2320
- osvdb.org58389http://osvdb.org/58389
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548546
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-13195https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00869.html
- www.securityfocus.com36529http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36529
- secunia.com36897http://secunia.com/advisories/36897
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- merkaartor Fixed in 0.14+svnfixes~20090912-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- merkaartor Fixed in 0.14+svnfixes~20090912-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- merkaartor Fixed in 0.14+svnfixes~20090912-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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