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CVE-2009-3611
common/snapshots.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 0.9.26 changes certain permissions to 0777 before deleting the files in an old backup…
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 0.30%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 77% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
common/snapshots.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 0.9.26 changes certain permissions to 0777 before deleting the files in an old backup snapshot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files, or interfere with backup integrity by modifying files that are shared across snapshots.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 17 days later
· 17 days 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 | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% 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: High 7.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=543785 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=289047 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/b/backintime/backintime_0.9.26-3.diff.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091014 Re: CVE Request - backintime (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-9282 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091014 CVE Request - backintime (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/backintime/+bug/434256 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520210 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-9298 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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-2009-3592 (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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