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CVE-2009-4664
Firewall Builder 3.0.4, 3.0.5, and 3.0.6, when running on Linux, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on an…
Low3.3EPSS 0.36%
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- mitre
Description
Firewall Builder 3.0.4, 3.0.5, and 3.0.6, when running on Linux, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file that is created by the iptables script.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 71% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- FEDORA-2010-0157 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://blog.fwbuilder.org/2009/09/firewall-builder-v307-released.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524588 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36809 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 58247 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- firewallbuilder-temp-symlink(53392) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 36468 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.fwbuilder.org/docs/firewall_builder_release_notes.html#3.0.7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0389 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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