CVE-2009-4235
acpid 1.0.4 sets an unrestrictive umask, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file or cause a denial of
02 Description
acpid 1.0.4 sets an unrestrictive umask, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file or cause a denial of
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 24.5% 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
- 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
- 2009-12-08 19:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-12-08
- 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
- 483975363512c8fa1bc619d283b32cea778bb88b6928ac3208182887f2e29d81
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926
- securitytracker.com1023284http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062
- www.debian.orgDSA-1960http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1960
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comacpid-umask-weak-security(54676)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54676
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1642http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:343http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:343
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:342http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- acpid Fixed in 1.0.6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- acpid Fixed in 1.0.6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- acpid Fixed in 1.0.6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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