CVE-2009-1894
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-1894 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2009-07-17 16:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Race condition in PulseAudio 0.9.9, 0.9.10, and 0.9.14 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving creation of a hard link, related to the application setting LD_BIND_NOW to 1, and then calling execv on the target of the /proc/self/exe symlink. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Pulseaudio | Pulseaudio | 0.9.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pulseaudio | Pulseaudio | 0.9.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Pulseaudio | Pulseaudio | 0.9.9 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| PulseAudio setuid Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Exploit, Patch |
| admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pulseaudio-0.9.10-1.el5.2 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | admin.fedoraproject.org | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1838-1 pulseaudio | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Ubuntu update for pulseaudio - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- PulseAudio: Local privilege escalation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| Debian update for pulseaudio - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:171 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| cr0 blog: Old school local root vulnerability in pulseaudio (CVE-2009-1894) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | blog.cr0.org | |
| PulseAudio local race condition privilege escalation vulnerability - Security advisories - Akita Software Security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.akitasecurity.nl | |
| Gentoo update for pulseaudio - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Research. | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | taviso.decsystem.org | |
| USN-804-1: PulseAudio vulnerability | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| 510071 – (CVE-2009-1894) CVE-2009-1894 pulseaudio: privilege escalation flaw via pulseaudio re-exec | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | Exploit, Patch |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:152 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| CVE-2009-1894 - Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.