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CVE-2008-4210

Date: September 29, 2008

fs/open.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by creating an executable file in a setgid directory through the (1) truncate or (2) ftruncate function in conjunction with memory-mapped I/O.

Severity Score

5.9

Related Resources (35)

Url: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8420

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33201

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/5

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-4210

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4210

Url: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32799

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32237

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32356

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00001.html

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6386

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32918

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9511

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4210

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32759

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b82dc0e64e93f430182f36b46b79fcee87d3532

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32485

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=463661

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45539

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32344

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33280

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31368

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/8

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-4210

Severity Score

5.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2008-4210

Date: September 29, 2008

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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