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CVE-2008-1669

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.41% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-05-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

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CVE
CVE-2008-1669
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.41%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1) execute code in parallel or (2) exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."