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CVE-2009-1185

HIGHEPSS 100th pctl
7.2
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

udev before 1.4.1 does not verify whether a NETLINK message originates from kernel space, which allows local users to gain privileges by sending a NETLINK message from user space.

How to fix

Remediation Available
ctpviewNVD
Affected:< 7.1Fixed in:7.1CVE-2009-1185derived from NVD
udevNVD
Affected:< 141Fixed in:141CVE-2009-1185derived from NVD

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

81.53%probability of exploitation in 30 days
100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

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