LOW
fwbuilder: Insecure temporary file handling in the generated iptables script
Published Mar 3, 2010
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
Firewall Builder 3.0.4, 3.0.5, and 3.0.6, when running on Linux, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file that is created by the iptables script.
Affected products
No data.
AND
OR
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
Running on/with
- n/a
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.
0.36% 0.00355
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00355
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 | 0.36% (0.00355) | 26.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00355) | 27.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00038) | 8.31th | 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 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://blog.fwbuilder.org/2009/09/firewall-builder-v307-released.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035112.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://osvdb.org/58247 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36809 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.fwbuilder.org/docs/firewall_builder_release_notes.html#3.0.7 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36468 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0389 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4664 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524588 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53392 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4664
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4664
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://blog.fwbuilder.org/2009/09/firewall-builder-v307-released.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035112.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://osvdb.org/58247 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/36809 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.fwbuilder.org/docs/firewall_builder_release_notes.html#3.0.7 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36468 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0389 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4664 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524588 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53392 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4664 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4664 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 3, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 3, 2010
Link CVE-2009-4664
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a