cve-2009-1601
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-05-11 15:19
Modified
2024-08-07 05:20
Severity ?
Summary
The Ubuntu clamav-milter.init script in clamav-milter before 0.95.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2 in Ubuntu 9.04 sets the ownership of the current working directory to the clamav account, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions via read or write operations involving this directory.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/35000Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34818Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-770-1Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50311
cve@mitre.orghttps://launchpad.net/bugs/365823
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35000Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34818Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-770-1Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50311
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/bugs/365823
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