Vulnerability in Pulseaudio

CVE-2009-1299

The pa_make_secure_dir function in core-util.c in PulseAudio 0.9.10 and 0.9.19 allows local users to change the ownership and permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file.

EPSS: 0.003 (26.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Pulseaudio — versions 0.9.19, 0.9.10
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References