CVE-2009-4411

N/A Unknown
Published: December 24, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

The (1) setfacl and (2) getfacl commands in XFS acl 2.2.47, when running in recursive (-R) mode, follow symbolic links even when the --physical (aka -P) or -L option is specified, which might allow local users to modify the ACL for arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/61302
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/37907
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37455
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499076
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/acl.git/commit/?id=63451a0
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=790
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/61302
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/37907
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38420
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:345
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/23/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37455
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55004
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
21th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

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