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CVE-2009-2904
Red Hat OpenSSH ChrootDirectory Directory Ownership Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 1, 2009, 3:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 19, 2017, 1:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.4
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2009-2904 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-2904 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 Openbsd openssh

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-2904 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-2904 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9862 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9862 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.04 }} 0.00%

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0.05635

percentile

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