acpid 1.0.4 sets an unrestrictive umask, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file or cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4033.
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tim hockin vulnerabilities
3 published CVES affecting tim hockin, from public sources (CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV).
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- CISA KEV
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Latest tim hockin CVEs
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MediumCVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.32%
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MediumCVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.31%
A certain Red Hat patch for acpid 1.0.4 effectively triggers a call to the open function with insufficient arguments, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file, cause a denial of service by...
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MediumCVSS 5.0 EPSS 2.3%
ACPI Event Daemon (acpid) before 1.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and connectivity loss) by opening a large number of UNIX sockets without closing them, which triggers an infinite loop.
Sources: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV and public exploit-reference metadata. Product matching comes from the published CVE records. A proof-of-concept means public code exists; it is not evidence of exploitation.