coreutils: Unsafe temporary directory use in "distcheck" rule
Published Dec 11, 2009
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
The distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 through 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file in a directory tree under /tmp.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 10.04
- 12.04
- 14.04
Configuration 2
- 5.2.1
- 5.91
- 5.92
- 5.93
- 5.94
- 5.95
- 5.96
- 5.97
- 6.2
- 6.3
- 6.4
- 6.5
- 6.6
- 6.7
- 6.8
- 6.9
- 6.10
- 6.11
- 6.12
- 7.1
- 7.2
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 7.5
- 7.6
- 8.1
Configuration 3
- 11
- 12
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect users using coreutils binary RPMs, or rebuilding source RPMs. Therefore, we do not plan to release updates addressing this flaw on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5. For additional details, refer to the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-4135
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 | 0.38% (0.00379) | 29.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00379) | 29.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00032) | 5.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | 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 (19)
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126030454503441&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37645 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37860 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62226 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18779.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18787.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/60853 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37256 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2473-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3453 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions Required
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4135 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54673 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4135
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4135
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00954.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00972.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
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