Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-3289

Title: Gnome Glib Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-3289.

CWE Category CWE-732

Published Date Sep 22, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.36%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-3289: The g_file_copy function in glib 2.0 sets the permissions of a target file to the permissions of a symbolic link (777), which allows user-assisted local users to modify files of other users, as demonstrated by using Nautilus to modify the permissions of the user home directory.

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.html http://secunia.com/advisories/39656 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/08/8 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1001 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/418135 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593406 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.html http://secunia.com/advisories/39656 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/08/8 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1001 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/418135 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593406

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.4

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-3289 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 22, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.