CVE-2009-1299
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.34% (27th) EPSS
CVSS 6.9 · medium
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The pa_make_secure_dir function in core-util.c in PulseAudio 0.9.10 and 0.9.19 allows local users to change the ownership and permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file.
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6.9
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (3)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2010-03-18modified 2026-06-16
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references (12)
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- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573615enisa_euvd
- http://git.0pointer.de/?p=pulseaudio.git%3Ba=patch%3Bh=d3efa43d85ac132c6a5a416a2b6f2115f5d577eeenisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2017enisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:124enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1570enisa_euvd
- https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/509008enisa_euvd
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573615nvd
- http://git.0pointer.de/?p=pulseaudio.git%3Ba=patch%3Bh=d3efa43d85ac132c6a5a416a2b6f2115f5d577eenvd
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