Unscored severity · published Oct 1, 2009
CVE-2009-2904
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…
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CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openssh · Openbsd
4.3; 4.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2904
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2904
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038214.html
lists.vmware.com
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/58495
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/39182
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