VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2009-0028
CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.70%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-02-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
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.