CVE-2009-4131

The EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT (aka move extents) ioctl implementation in the ext4 filesystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-git6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted request, related to insufficient checks for file permissions.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 55th percentile

Published

2009-12-13

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33395

Security advisories

• http://secunia.com/advisories/37658
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3468
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/12/9/255
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.32-git6.log
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37277
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544471
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-869-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry