CVE-2009-4135

mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.38% (31st) EPSS

CVSS 4.4 · medium

Is it mine?

32 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

The distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 through 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file in a directory tree under /tmp.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.4

v2.04.4mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 6.4

v2.03.7lowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimary

affected products (32)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
canonical ubuntu linux= 10.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 12.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 14.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu coreutils= 5.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu coreutils= 5.91nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu coreutils= 5.92nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu coreutils= 5.93nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu coreutils= 5.94nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu coreutils= 5.95nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu coreutils= 5.96nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu coreutils= 5.97nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu coreutils= 6.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu coreutils= 6.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu coreutils= 6.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu coreutils= 6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu coreutils= 6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu coreutils= 6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-12-11modified 2026-06-16

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