CVE-2009-1299

medium

Description

The pa_make_secure_dir function in core-util.c in PulseAudio 0.9.10 and 0.9.19 allows local users to change the ownership and permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file.

References

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/509008

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1570

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:124

http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2017

http://git.0pointer.de/?p=pulseaudio.git%3Ba=patch%3Bh=d3efa43d85ac132c6a5a416a2b6f2115f5d577ee

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573615

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-03-18

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N