{"cve":"CVE-2009-4411","nvd":{"published":"2009-12-24T16:30:00.343","modified":"2026-06-16T23:13:36.950","status":"Modified","description":"The (1) setfacl and (2) getfacl commands in XFS acl 2.2.47, when running in recursive (-R) mode, follow symbolic links even when the --physical (aka -P) or -L option is specified, which might allow local users to modify the ACL for arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499076","http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/acl.git/commit/?id=63451a0","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html","http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=790","http://osvdb.org/61302"],"products":["xfs:acl"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:55:32.599380760+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-4411","score":0.00329,"percentile":0.2603,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}