VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-4131

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.79%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-12-13
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

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