CVE-2009-0028

The clone system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and earlier allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a parent process from an unprivileged child process by launching an additional child process with the CLONE_PARENT flag, and then letting this new process exit.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 52nd percentile

Published

2009-02-27

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32815

Security advisories

• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:118
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0451.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33906
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry