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CVE-2010-4347
Published: Dec 22, 2010
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The ACPI subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 uses 0222 permissions for the debugfs custom_method file, which allows local users to gain privileges by placing a custom ACPI method in the ACPI interpreter tables, related to the acpi_debugfs_init function in drivers/acpi/debugfs.c.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663542
x_refsource_CONFIRM
42778
third-party-advisory
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SUSE-SA:2011:001
vendor-advisory
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45408
vdb-entry
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SUSE-SA:2011:007
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
ADV-2011-0298
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[oss-security] 20101215 CVE Request: local privilege escalation via /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method
mailing-list
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ADV-2011-0012
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
[oss-security] 20101215 Re: CVE Request: local privilege escalation via /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
15774
exploit
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kernel-debugfs-privilege-esc(64155)
vdb-entry
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