7.2
HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2009-2084
SLURM Privilege Escalation RCE
Description

Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management (SLURM) 1.2 and 1.3 before 1.3.14 does not properly set supplementary groups before invoking (1) sbcast from the slurmd daemon or (2) strigger from the slurmctld daemon, which might allow local SLURM users to modify files and gain privileges.

INFO

Published Date :

June 16, 2009, 11:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-2084 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Llnl slurm
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Follow the instructions below to mitigate the CVE-2009-2084 vulnerability.
Upgrade the slurm-llnl package. The old stable distribution (etch) does not contain a slurm-llnl package. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.6-1lenny3.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-2084 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-2084 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-2084 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-2084 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=524980
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34831
    Added Reference http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=676055&group_id=157944
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1776
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34638
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1128
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50126
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50127
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/50127 [Patch]
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/50126 [Patch]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50127 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50126 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.14489

percentile