LOW
Merkaartor: System files integrity break-out via symlink attack on log file
Published Dec 3, 2009
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.32%
Description
Merkaartor 0.14 allows local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/merkaartor.log temporary file.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.14
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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.
3.3 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.32% 0.00322
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00322
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00322) | 22.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00322) | 23.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00031) | 5.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548546 x_refsource_MISC
- http://osvdb.org/58389 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36897 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/2320 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36529 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4193 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544284 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53486 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4193
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4193
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00869.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00870.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548546 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://osvdb.org/58389 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/36897 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/2320 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36529 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4193 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544284 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53486 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4193 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4193 | ||
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00869.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00870.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 3, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 3, 2009
Link CVE-2009-4193
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a