# CVE-2009-0876: Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.4, 2.0.6r39760, 2.1.0, 2.1.2, and 2.1.4r42893 on Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a hard

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2009-03-12 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.4, 2.0.6r39760, 2.1.0, 2.1.2, and 2.1.4r42893 on Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a hardlink attack, which preserves setuid/setgid bits on Linux, related to DT_RPATH:$ORIGIN.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34080
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49193
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0674
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/15/1
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260331
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/2
- http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3444
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021841
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34232
- http://osvdb.org/52580
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254568-1
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32848

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