CVE-2009-0342

N/A Unknown
Published: January 29, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Niels Provos Systrace before 1.6f on the x86_64 Linux platform allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by making a 64-bit syscall with a syscall number that corresponds to a policy-compliant 32-bit syscall.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/01/bypassing-syscall-filtering.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/provos/systrace/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500377/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33417
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/01/bypassing-syscall-filtering.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/provos/systrace/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500377/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33417
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
19th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

provos linux

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