CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-3289

7.8 HIGH Published 2009-09-22 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-09-22
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-732

Description

The g_file_copy function in glib 2.0 sets the permissions of a target file to the permissions of a symbolic link (777), which allows user-assisted local users to modify files of other users, as demonstrated by using Nautilus to modify the permissions of the user home directory.

Affected configurations

• gnome glib 2.0 • opensuse opensuse 11.0 • opensuse opensuse 11.1 • suse suse linux enterprise server 11

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness

References