CVE-2009-1299: Pulseaudio

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The pa_make_secure_dir function in core-util.c in PulseAudio 0.9.10 and 0.9.19 allows local users to change the ownership and permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file.

Affected products

• Pulseaudio Pulseaudio: version 0.9.10 only; version 0.9.19 only

Published 2010-03-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.