CVE-2009-4235
N/A
Published: December 8, 2009 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAcpid
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
acpid 1.0.4 sets an unrestrictive umask, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file or cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4033.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1960Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:343Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54676Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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