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CVE-2009-0876

CVE information

Published

15 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.4, 2.0.6r39760, 2.1.0, 2.1.2, and 2.1.4r42893 on Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a hardlink attack, which preserves setuid/setgid bits on Linux, related to DT_RPATH:$ORIGIN..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.9/10
Exploit Score
3.4/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.0.6r39760:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.1.4r42893:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
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