CVE-2009-1299

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1299
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-03-18 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe pa_make_secure_dir function in core-util.c in PulseAudio 0.9.10 and 0.9.19 allows local users to change the ownership and permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pulseaudio Pulseaudio 0.9.10 All All All
Application Pulseaudio Pulseaudio 0.9.19 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #509008 “Insecure temporary file creation” : Bugs : “pulseaudio” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.edge.launchpad.net
#573615 - CVE-2009-1299: insecure temporary file creation - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2017-1 pulseaudio af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
cgit error af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.0pointer.de
cgit error MITRE git.0pointer.de
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