Race condition in PulseAudio 0.9.9, 0.9.10, and 0.9.14 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving creation of a hard link, related to the application setting LD_BIND_NOW to 1, and then calling execv on the target of the /proc/self/exe symlink.
CVE-2009-1894
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 50.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 17, 2009
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (32)
- secalert@redhathttp://blog.cr0.org/2009/07/old-school-local-root-vulnerability-in.html
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35868
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35886
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35896
- secalert@redhathttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-13.xml
- secalert@redhathttp://taviso.decsystem.org/research.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.akitasecurity.nl/advisory.php?id=AK20090602
- secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1838
- secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:152
- secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:171
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505052/100/0/threaded
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35721
- secalert@redhathttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-804-1
- secalert@redhathttps://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pulseaudio-0.9.10-1.el5.2
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510071
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | pulseaudio (0.9.10-1ubuntu1.1) @ hardy | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
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Publicly available exploits
(2 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (2 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-9208✓ verifiedFirst seen Jul 20, 2009
PulseAudio setuid (Ubuntu 9.04 / Slackware 12.2.0) - Local Privilege Escalation
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-9207✓ verifiedFirst seen Jul 20, 2009
PulseAudio setuid - Local Privilege Escalation
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