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CVE-2009-1207
Race condition in the dircmp script in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_111, allows local users to overwrite…
- 4.4MediumCVSS base score
- 0.26%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 82% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Race condition in the dircmp script in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_111, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, probably involving a symlink attack on temporary files.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.26% · top 82% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- solaris-dircmp-file-overwrite(49526) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 34316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1105 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-140.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6183 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 34558 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-138897-01-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 253468 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 34813 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2009-1206 (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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