CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2009-1185
HIGHEPSS 100th pctl7.2
CVSS v2
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.
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
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e2b362d9f23d4c63018709ab5f81a02f72b91e75
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e86a923d508c2aed371cdd958ce82489cf2ab615
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00012.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34731
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34750
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34753
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34771
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34776
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34785
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34787
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34801
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35766
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.446399
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1772
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-18.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:103
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:104
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0427.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502752/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34536
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022067
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-758-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1053
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495051
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1185
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10925
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5975
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8572
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00462.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00463.html
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