acpid: log file created with random permissions
Published Dec 8, 2009
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.32%
Description
acpid 1.0.4 sets an unrestrictive umask, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file or cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4033.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.0.4
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No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat considers this to be a duplicate of the CVE-2009-4033, rather than a separate issue. For further details, see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926#c10
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: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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00318) | 22.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00318) | 23.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00037) | 7.83th | 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) |
References (11)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1960 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:343 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4235 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54676 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4235
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4235
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1960 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:343 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4235 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54676 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4235 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4235 |
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