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CVE-2009-0912

CVE information

Published

15 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

perl-MDK-Common 1.1.11 and 1.1.24, 1.2.9 through 1.2.14, and possibly other versions, in Mandriva Linux does not properly handle strings when writing them to configuration files, which allows attackers to gain privileges via "special characters" in unspecified vectors..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.2/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
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:o:mandriva:linux:2008.1:-:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:2008.0:-:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux_corporate_server:3.0:-:x86_64:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mandriva:multi_network_firewall:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux_corporate_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:2008.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:2008.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux_corporate_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:2009.0:-:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:2009.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux_corporate_server:4.0:-:x86_64:*:*:*
  Yes
- -