CVE-2009-3589

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    CVE-2009-3589

    Published: 8 Oct 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: incron 0.5.5 does not initialize supplementary groups when running a process from a user's incrontabs, which causes the process to be run with the incrond supplementary groups and allows local users to gain privileges via an incrontab table.

    References: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=134880, https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/incron-0.5.5-2.el5

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High