CVE Database · CVE-2009-1072
CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
0.43%
Published
Mar 24, 2009
Modified
Apr 22, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the root_squash option.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (22)
References (20)
