DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3589

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3589

    Published: 8 Oct 2009Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2009-3589

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3589

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: incron

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/incron?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.5.7-1

    Affected versions

    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