CVE-2009-4664

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-4664
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-03-03 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionFirewall 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fwbuilder Firewall Builder 3.0.4 All All All
Application Fwbuilder Firewall Builder 3.0.5 All All All
Application Fwbuilder Firewall Builder 3.0.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/58247 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug 524588 – CVE-2009-4664 fwbuilder: Insecure temporary file handling in the generated iptables script af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Firewall Builder Insecure Temporary Files - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Release Notes | Firewall Builder af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.fwbuilder.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: fwbuilder-3.0.7-1.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
NetCitadel Firewall Builder Script Generation Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Firewall Builder: Firewall Builder v3.0.7 Released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.fwbuilder.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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