Race condition in GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file.
Published 2009-04-01 10:30:01
Updated 2017-08-17 01:30:14
Source MITRE
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Products affected by CVE-2009-1215

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1215

0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2009-1215

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
1.9
LOW AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
3.4
2.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2009-1215

Vendor statements for CVE-2009-1215

  • Red Hat 2009-04-02
    Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. The checks implemented by screen to protect against race condition attacks on /tmp/screen-exchange file provide sufficient protection for this rarely-used buffer exchange feature. For more details, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492104

References for CVE-2009-1215

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