CVE-2009-0035

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.5%

alsa-utils 1.0.19 and later versions allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack via the /usr/bin/alsa-info and /usr/bin/alsa-info.sh scripts.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 40% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2019-11-09
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

alsa-project:alsa

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-0035
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0035
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0035
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-0035
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0035

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