Description
acpid 1.0.4 sets an unrestrictive umask, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file or cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4033.
Published: 2009-12-08
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1960-1 New acpid packages fix weak file permissions
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-4204 acpid 1.0.4 sets an unrestrictive umask, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file or cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4033.
History

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Tim Hockin Acpid
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:54:10.155Z

Reserved: 2009-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4235

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-12-08T19:30:00.377

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-4235

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2009-12-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-4235 - Bugzilla

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