CVE-2009-1337
MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 1.3%
The exit_notify function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc1 does not restrict exit signals when the CAP_KILL capability is held, which allows local users to send an arbitrary signal to a process by running a program that modifies the exit_signal field and then uses an exec system call to launch a setuid application.
- CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 69th percentile
- Published
- 2009-04-22
- Updated
- 2024-08-07
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- 0b0111100/20090★ · 2026-09-07
ExploitDB entries (1)
Exploit collections (1)
- CVE-2009-1337helloexp/0day
Security advisories
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.30-rc1
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/16544
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:119
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:135
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0451.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1024.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1077.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34405
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html