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CVE-2009-2657
nilfs-utils before 2.0.14 installs multiple programs with unnecessary setuid privileges, which allows local users to execute arbitrary…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.55%
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- mitre
Description
nilfs-utils before 2.0.14 installs multiple programs with unnecessary setuid privileges, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via the device string in a -c command line option to mkfs.nilfs2.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.55% · top 54% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://www.nilfs.org/git/?p=nilfs2-utils.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a5cb60e624e4863c8d6feaf2ea8791abb48d6f15 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.nilfs.org/git/?p=nilfs2-utils.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5c95a57102e23e6982467cbe23e922450d3f38ed (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.nilfs.org/git/?p=nilfs2-utils.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d807e1c968c1f288486fb7d6f817434838fc12f7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090724 nilfs-utils privilege escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505374 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
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