device-mapper-multipath: insecure permissions on multipathd.sock
Published Mar 30, 2009
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.49%
Description
The Device Mapper multipathing driver (aka multipath-tools or device-mapper-multipath) 0.4.8, as used in SUSE openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), Fedora, and possibly other operating systems, uses world-writable permissions for the socket file (aka /var/run/multipathd.sock), which allows local users to send arbitrary commands to the multipath daemon.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 0.4.8
Configuration 2
- 9
- 10
Configuration 3
- 4.0
- 5.0
Configuration 4
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 3.1
- 3.0
- 4.0
- 5.0
Configuration 5
- n/a
- ≥ 10.3 · ≤ 11.0
- 9
- 9
- 10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
device-mapper-multipath-0:0.4.5-31.el4_7.1
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0411
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
device-mapper-multipath-0:0.4.7-23.el5_3.2
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0411
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | device-mapper-multipath-0:0.4.5-31.el4_7.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0411 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | device-mapper-multipath-0:0.4.7-23.el5_3.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0411 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.49% (0.00494) | 40.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.49% (0.00494) | 38.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 18.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 12.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (23)
- http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3-test/repodata/patch-kpartx-6082.xml x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkExploit
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-0115 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing List
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34418 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34694 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34710 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34759 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-128.htm x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1767 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions Required
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0115 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493330 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0115
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9214 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0115
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00231.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00236.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
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