CVE-2009-1072 vulnerability in VMware and Other Products
Published on March 25, 2009
nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the root_squash option.
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Exploit Probability
EPSS
0.59%
Percentile
68.85%
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