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CVE-2009-0342
Niels Provos Systrace before 1.6f on the x86_64 Linux platform allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by making a…
High7.2EPSS 0.45%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20090123 Problems with syscall filtering technologies on Linux (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-001.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/01/bypassing-syscall-filtering.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/provos/systrace/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 33417 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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