6.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2009-1299

Published: 18/03/2010 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 614
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The 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.

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Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #573615 CVE-2009-1299: insecure temporary file creation Package: pulseaudio; Maintainer for pulseaudio is Pulseaudio maintenance team <pkg-pulseaudio-devel@listsaliothdebianorg>; Source for pulseaudio is src:pulseaudio (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Giuseppe Iuculano <iuculano@debianorg&gt ...