CVE-2009-0028

The clone system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and earlier allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a parent process from an unprivileged child…

published February 27, 2009

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
52.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The clone system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and earlier allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a parent process from an unprivileged child process by launching an additional child process with the CLONE_PARENT flag, and then letting this new process exit.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00698 · 52.6th percentile
Published
2009-02-27T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 FEB 17:00Z
    The clone system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and earlier allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a parent process from an unprivileged child…
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