01 Record
CVE-2009-4454
vccleaner in VideoCache 1.9.2 allows local users with Squid proxy user privileges to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /var/log/videocache/vccleaner.log.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
vccleaner in VideoCache 1.9.2 allows local users with Squid proxy user privileges to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /var/log/videocache/vccleaner.log.
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
- 0.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 46.7% 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
- 2009-12-29 22:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-12-29
- 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
- 1899cc5e0cd412fc537e5ac65c76d9faa7ec99d299b5d1c6d056e50608aa276a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- archives.neohapsis.com20091216 VideoCache 1.9.2 vccleaner root vulnerabilityhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-12/0366.html
- www.securityfocus.com20091216 VideoCache 1.9.2 vccleaner root vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508507/100/0/threaded
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvideocache-vccleaner-symlink(54916)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54916
- secunia.com37733http://secunia.com/advisories/37733