gsd-2009-1894
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:19
Details
Race condition in PulseAudio 0.9.9, 0.9.10, and 0.9.14 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving creation of a hard link, related to the application setting LD_BIND_NOW to 1, and then calling execv on the target of the /proc/self/exe symlink.
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Aliases
CVE-2009-1894


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            "accessComplexity": "LOW",
            "accessVector": "LOCAL",
            "authentication": "NONE",
            "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE",
            "baseScore": 7.2,
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      },
      "lastModifiedDate": "2023-02-13T01:17Z",
      "publishedDate": "2009-07-17T16:30Z"
    }
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}


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