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CVE-2009-0784

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-03-25 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Race condition in the SystemTap stap tool 0.0.20080705 and 0.0.20090314 allows local users in the stapusr group to insert arbitrary SystemTap kernel modules and gain privileges via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 4.0, 5.0
• Systemtap: 0.0.20080705, 0.0.20090314

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/34441
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34479
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34548
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-110.htm
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1755
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0373.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0907
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11613
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34441
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34479
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34548
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-110.htm

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