CVE-2009-1883

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 18 Sept 2009, 10:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 05:27

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
18/100
CVSS Score
4.4 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.08% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Sept 2009, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 05:27
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The z90crypt_unlocked_ioctl function in the z90crypt driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 does not perform a capability check for the Z90QUIESCE operation, which allows local users to leverage euid 0 privileges to force a driver outage.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.08%• Percentile: 23%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    2.6.9

References (9)