CVE-2009-1297

iscsi_discovery in open-iscsi in SUSE openSUSE 10.3 through 11.1 and SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 10 SP2 and 11, and other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file that has a predictable name.

Published: 2009-10-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1297 is rated Low Risk (18.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1297

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.05% 0.02% -0.03%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.05% -0.84%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1297

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-1297

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-1297

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2009-1297 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (open-iscsi), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1297
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1297
ubuntu low CVE-2009-1297 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (open-iscsi), 10 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 4, ignored 3, DNE 1, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1297

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1297

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
novell suse_linux 10 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux:10:sp2:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse_linux 11 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux:11:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 10.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 11.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1297

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