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Unscored severity · published Mar 30, 2011
CVE-2011-1550
The default configuration of logrotate on SUSE openSUSE Factory uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which allows local users to…
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The default configuration of logrotate on SUSE openSUSE Factory uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which allows local users to conduct symlink and hard link attacks by leveraging logrotate's lack of support for untrusted directories, as demonstrated by directories for the (1) cobbler, (2) inn, (3) safte-monitor, and (4) uucp packages.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LO
Logrotate · Gentoo
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
Affected product
LO
Logrotate
Gentoo
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1550
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1550
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24
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