Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2009-4033 (CCN-54677)

Assigned:2009-12-07
Published:2009-12-07
Updated:2017-09-19
Summary:A certain Red Hat patch for acpid 1.0.4 effectively triggers a call to the open function with insufficient arguments, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file, cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, or gain privileges by executing this file.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:6.9 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
5.3 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:TF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
4.4 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
3.3 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:TF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
6.9 Medium (REDHAT CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
5.3 Medium (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:TF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-264
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: CCN
Type: SourceForge.net
acpid - the ACPI event daemon

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2009-4033

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2009-1642
Important: acpid security update

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1023284
acpid Log File Permissions May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1023284

Source: MANDRIVA
Type: UNKNOWN
MDVSA-2009:342

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 60851
acpid Open Function /var/log/acpid Permission Weakness Local Privilege Escalation

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 60870
acpid /var/log/acpid umask Permission Weakness

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2009:1642

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
37249

Source: CCN
Type: BID-37249
Red Hat acpid '/var/log/acpid' Log File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 542926
CVE-2009-4033 CVE-2009-4235 acpid: log file created with random permissions

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
acpid-logfile-privilege-escalation(54677)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
acpid-logfile-privilege-escalation(54677)

Source: OVAL
Type: UNKNOWN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10555

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:tim_hockin:acpid:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::client:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::server:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29263
    P
    		RHSA-2009:1642 -- acpid security update (Important)
    2015-08-17
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23013
    P
    		ELSA-2009:1642: acpid security update (Important)
    2014-05-26
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10555
    V
    		A certain Red Hat patch for acpid 1.0.4 effectively triggers a call to the open function with insufficient arguments, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file, cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, or gain privileges by executing this file.
    2013-04-29
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20091642
    P
    		RHSA-2009:1642: acpid security update (Important)
    2009-12-07
    BACK
    tim_hockin acpid 1.0.4