CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.4
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: the z90crypt_unlocked_ioctl function in the z90crypt driver in the linux kernel 2.6.9 does not perform a capability check for the z90quiesce operation, which allows local users to leverage euid 0 privileges to force a driver outage.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/PARTIAL/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2009-09-18
Last Modified Date: 2017-09-29