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CVE-2009-4664 Details

Description

Firewall Builder 3.0.4, 3.0.5, and 3.0.6, when running on Linux, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file that is created by the iptables script.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://blog.fwbuilder.org/2009/09/firewall-builder-v307-released.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035112.html	CVE
http://osvdb.org/58247	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524588	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36809	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53392	CVE
http://www.fwbuilder.org/docs/firewall_builder_release_notes.html#3.0.7	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36468	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0389	CVE
http://blog.fwbuilder.org/2009/09/firewall-builder-v307-released.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035112.html	[email protected]
http://osvdb.org/58247	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524588	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/36809	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53392	[email protected]
http://www.fwbuilder.org/docs/firewall_builder_release_notes.html#3.0.7	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36468	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0389	[email protected]

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
fwbuilder firewall builder	3.0.4 3.0.5 3.0.6
CPE cpe:2.3:a:fwbuilder:firewall_builder:3.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fwbuilder:firewall_builder:3.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fwbuilder:firewall_builder:3.0.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
linux linux kernel	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 4, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]