CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-0876
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-03-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.4, 2.0.6r39760, 2.1.0, 2.1.2, and 2.1.4r42893 on Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a hardlink attack, which preserves setuid/setgid bits on Linux, related to DT_RPATH:$ORIGIN.
Affected configurations
• sun xvm virtualbox 2.0.0
• sun xvm virtualbox 2.0.2
• sun xvm virtualbox 2.0.4
• sun xvm virtualbox 2.0.6r39760
• sun xvm virtualbox 2.1.0
• sun xvm virtualbox 2.1.2
• sun xvm virtualbox 2.1.4r42893
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://osvdb.org/52580 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34232 Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254568-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/15/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34080 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021841 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3444 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0674 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260331 bugs.gentoo.org
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49193 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://osvdb.org/52580 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34232 Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254568-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/15/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34080 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021841 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3444 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0674 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260331 bugs.gentoo.org
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49193 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com