CVE-2009-1297

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-109

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

iscsi_discovery in open-iscsi in SUSE openSUSE 10.3 through 11.1 and SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 10 SP2 and 11, and other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file that has a predictable name.

iscsi_discovery en open-iscsi en SUSE openSUSE versión 10.3 hasta la 11.1 y SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) versión 10 SP2 y 11, y otros sistemas operativos, permite a los usuarios locales sobrescribir archivos arbitrarios por medio de un ataque de enlace simbólico (symlink) en un archivo temporal no especificado que tiene un nombre predecible.

Colin Watson discovered that iscsi_discovery in Open-iSCSI did not safely create temporary files. A local attacker could exploit this to to overwrite arbitrary files with root privileges.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-04-15 CVE Reserved
2009-10-23 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0241	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html	2018-10-30
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:109	2018-10-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Novell Search vendor "Novell"		Suse Linux Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux"				10 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux" and version "10"		sp2, enterprise		Affected
Novell Search vendor "Novell"		Suse Linux Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux"				11 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux" and version "11"		enterprise		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				10.3 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "10.3"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				11.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "11.1"		-		Affected