FKIE_CVE-2009-3589

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-10-08 15:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:11
Severity
Summary
incron 0.5.5 does not initialize supplementary groups when running a process from a user's incrontabs, which causes the process to be run with the incrond supplementary groups and allows local users to gain privileges via an incrontab table.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=134880Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/incron-0.5.5-2.el5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=134880Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/incron-0.5.5-2.el5
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
inotify incron 0.5.5
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:11:57.777",
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