CVE-2009-4193 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Merkaartor 0.14 allows local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/merkaartor.log temporary file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00031.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Merkaartor	Merkaartor

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:merkaartor:merkaartor:0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-4163	Merkaartor 0.14 allows local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/merkaartor.log temporary file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548546
http://osvdb.org/58389
http://secunia.com/advisories/36897
http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/2320
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36529
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53486
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4193
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00869.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00870.html

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4193

Thu, 22 May 2025 04:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4193 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4193

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-12-03T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:54:10.144Z

Reserved: 2009-12-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-4193

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-12-03T19:30:00.360

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-4193

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-09-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-4193 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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