CVE-2011-2185
Fabric before 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a /tmp/fab.*.tar file or (2) certain other files in the top level of /tmp/.
02 Description
Fabric before 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a /tmp/fab.*.tar file or (2) certain other files in the top level of /tmp/.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 25.9% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-07-27 01:29Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-05-31
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b03f326bb550f83d536f7611bc458bec22d43aa56c418e9c35f8ac1112d2b610
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110606 Re: CVE Request -- fabric -- Use of insecure temporary file by uploading templates and projects to remote hostshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/12
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629003
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-8964http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062534.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110603 CVE Request -- fabric -- Use of insecure temporary file by uploading templates and projects to remote hostshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/5
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710462
- code.fabfile.orghttp://code.fabfile.org/projects/fabric/files/Fabric-1.1.0.tar.gz
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- fabric Fixed in 1.1.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- fabric Fixed in 1.1.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- fabric Fixed in 1.1.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.