CVE-2011-1018

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

18.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2011-02-25 18:00Z15 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 22:14Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2011-02-14

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1fd0e8874216484a42dd6bd7ed140f349596cf4509dfd500b78a0eb2a3a3551f

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110224 Re: CVE Request -- logwatch: Privilege escalation due improper sanitization of special characters in log file nameshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/15mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3184223&group_id=312875&atid=1316824x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.vupen.comADV-2011-0581http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0581vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• secunia.com43495http://secunia.com/advisories/43495third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-2318http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055585.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.debian.orgDSA-2182http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2182vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-2396http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055617.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• secunia.com43356http://secunia.com/advisories/43356third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.vupen.comADV-2011-0533http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0533vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2011:005http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110224 CVE Request -- logwatch: Privilege escalation due improper sanitization of special characters in log file nameshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/13mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• secunia.com43644http://secunia.com/advisories/43644third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0324http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0324.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• secunia.com43622http://secunia.com/advisories/43622third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.securityfocus.com46554http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46554vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• logwatch.svn.sourceforge.nethttp://logwatch.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/logwatch/scripts/logwatch.pl?r1=3&r2=26&pathrev=26x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-1078-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1078-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.vupen.comADV-2011-0596http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0596vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-2328http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055579.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680237x_refsource_CONFIRM
• sourceforge.net[Logwatch-devel] 20110216 Remote command execution issue with root privilegeshttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4D604843.7040303%40mblmail.net&forum_name=logwatch-develmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• secunia.com43734http://secunia.com/advisories/43734third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.securitytracker.com1025165http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025165vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK