Vulnerability in Microsoft Interix
CVE-2009-0537
Integer overflow in the fts_build function in fts.c in libc in (1) OpenBSD 4.4 and earlier and (2) Microsoft Interix 6.0 build 10.0.6030.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a deep directory tree, related to the fts_level structure member, as demonstrated by (a) du, (b) rm, (c) chmod, and (d) chgrp on OpenBSD; and (e) SearchIndexer.exe on Vista Enterprise.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.036 (89.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Interix — versions 6.0
- OpenBSD — versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8163 (exploit)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/60 (third-party-advisory)
- www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/gen/fts.c.diff
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34008 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/gen/fts.c (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501505/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)