CVE-2009-3589

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2009-10-08

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Incron (Inotify)

References

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