CVE-2009-3289
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3289
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2009-3289.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2009-3289
- Downstream
- Published
- 2009-09-22T10:30:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The gfilecopy function in glib 2.0 sets the permissions of a target file to the permissions of a symbolic link (777), which allows user-assisted local users to modify files of other users, as demonstrated by using Nautilus to modify the permissions of the user home directory.
- References
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39656
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/08/8
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/418135
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593406
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1001