CVE-2008-2148

Description

The utimensat system call (sys_utimensat) in Linux kernel 2.6.22 and other versions before 2.6.25.3 does not check file permissions when certain UTIME_NOW and UTIME_OMIT combinations are used, which allows local users to modify file times of arbitrary files, possibly leading to a denial of service.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.1

MODERATE

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.065

Associated Vulnerability

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Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234