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CVE-2008-5182
The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.27%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 81% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.27% · top 81% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- 32998 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20081209 rPSA-2008-0332-1 kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0225 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10584 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 33706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 33641 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 33503 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 33756 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-11618 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 33348 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33623 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 33083 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-714-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-715-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 33854 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33704 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1681 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-5160 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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