CVE-2009-2904
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.9)—
A certain Red Hat modification to the ChrootDirectory feature in OpenSSH 4.8, as used in sshd in OpenSSH 4.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4 and Fedora 11, allows local users to gain privileges via hard links to setuid programs that use configuration files within the chroot directory, related to requirements for directory ownership.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Puntuación base: 6.9
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.32%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 23
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-16
Referencias
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038214.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- http://osvdb.org/58495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39182
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36552
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522141
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9862
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1470.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038214.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- http://osvdb.org/58495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39182
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36552
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522141
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9862
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1470.html
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