CVE-2009-0342
Niels Provos Systrace before 1.6f on the x86_64 Linux platform allows local users to bypass...
Niels Provos Systrace before 1.6f on the x86_64 Linux platform allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by making a 64-bit syscall with a syscall number that corresponds to a policy-compliant 32-bit syscall.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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Niels Provos Systrace before 1.6f on the x86_64 Linux platform allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by making a 64-bit syscall with a syscall number that corresponds to a policy-compliant 32-bit syscall.
- Record
CVE-2009-0342- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Niels Provos Systrace before 1.6f on the x86_64 Linux platform allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by making a 64-bit syscall with a syscall number that corresponds to a policy-compliant 32-bit syscall.
- Record
CVE-2009-0342- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-0346 No score
Niels Provos Systrace before 1.6f on the x86_64 Linux platform allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by making a 64-bit syscall with a syscall number that corresponds to a policy-compliant 32-bit syscall.
- Record
EUVD-2009-0346- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3fh9-9x39-q9qw No score
Niels Provos Systrace before 1.6f on the x86_64 Linux platform allows local users to bypass...
Niels Provos Systrace before 1.6f on the x86_64 Linux platform allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by making a 64-bit syscall with a syscall number that corresponds to a policy-compliant 32-bit syscall.
- Record
GHSA-3fh9-9x39-q9qw- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-0342 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Provos Systrace, published January 29, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/archive/1/500377/100/0/threaded
scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-001.html
scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/01/bypassing-syscall-filtering.html
citi.umich.edu/u/provos/systrace
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0342
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3fh9-9x39-q9qw