Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-1527 - Race Condition vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Race condition in the ptrace_attach function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc4 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_ATTACH ptrace call during an exec system call that is launching a setuid application, related to locking an incorrect cred_exec_mutex object.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Leveraging Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The attacker can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance a race condition can occur while accessing a file, the attacker can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
- Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.
Exploit-Db
description | Linux Kernel 2.6.x ptrace_attach Local Privilege Escalation Exploit. CVE-2009-1527. Local exploit for linux platform |
id | EDB-ID:8673 |
last seen | 2016-02-01 |
modified | 2009-05-13 |
published | 2009-05-13 |
reporter | s0m3b0dy |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/8673/ |
title | Linux Kernel 2.6.x - ptrace_attach Local Privilege Escalation Exploit |
Statements
contributor | Tomas Hoger |
lastmodified | 2009-05-06 |
organization | Red Hat |
statement | Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5, or Red Hat Enterprise MRG. |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/04/2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.30-rc4
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34977
- http://www.osvdb.org/54188
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1236
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34799
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35120
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50293
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cad81bc2529ab8c62b6fdc83a1c0c7f4a87209eb