VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2009-4033
CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-12-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
A certain Red Hat patch for acpid 1.0.4 effectively triggers a call to the open function with insufficient arguments, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file, cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, or gain privileges by executing this file.