CVE-2009-4664
Firewall Builder 3.0.4, 3.0.5, and 3.0.6, when running on Linux, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file that is created by the iptables script.
02 Description
Firewall Builder 3.0.4, 3.0.5, and 3.0.6, when running on Linux, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file that is created by the iptables script.
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
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.9% 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
- 2010-03-03 20:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-03-03
- 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
- 28d9bcc8e4fa9c2cc72a9216414f3c6ed65c538fcbd7e6fc89821be87e062683
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-0157http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035112.html
- blog.fwbuilder.orghttp://blog.fwbuilder.org/2009/09/firewall-builder-v307-released.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524588
- secunia.com36809http://secunia.com/advisories/36809
- osvdb.org58247http://osvdb.org/58247
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfirewallbuilder-temp-symlink(53392)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53392
- www.securityfocus.com36468http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36468
- www.fwbuilder.orghttp://www.fwbuilder.org/docs/firewall_builder_release_notes.html#3.0.7
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0389http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0389
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- fwbuilder Fixed in 3.0.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- fwbuilder Fixed in 3.0.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- fwbuilder Fixed in 3.0.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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