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cve[email protected]CVE-2009-1883
HistorySep 18, 2009 - 10:30 a.m.

CVE-2009-1883

2009-09-1810:30:00
CWE-264
web.nvd.nist.gov
38
cve-2009-1883
z90crypt
linux kernel
privilege escalation
driver outage

CVSS2

4.4

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

AI Score

5.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

The z90crypt_unlocked_ioctl function in the z90crypt driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 does not perform a capability check for the Z90QUIESCE operation, which allows local users to leverage euid 0 privileges to force a driver outage.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
linuxlinux_kernelMatch2.6.9
VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.9cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:::

CVSS2

4.4

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

AI Score

5.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%