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CVE-2009-4411
The (1) setfacl and (2) getfacl commands in XFS acl 2.2.47, when running in recursive (-R) mode, follow symbolic links even when the…
- 3.7LowCVSS base score
- 0.33%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 74% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The (1) setfacl and (2) getfacl commands in XFS acl 2.2.47, when running in recursive (-R) mode, follow symbolic links even when the --physical (aka -P) or -L option is specified, which might allow local users to modify the ACL for arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.
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 | Low3.7 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References11
- http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=790 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 61302 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/acl.git/commit/?id=63451a0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 37455 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 37907 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091223 CVE request: acl 2.2.47 always follows symlinks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:345 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499076 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 38420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- acl-setfacl-getfacl-symlink(55004) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2009-4378 (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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