CVE-2011-2533
The configure script in D-Bus (aka DBus) 1.2.x before 1.2.28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified file in /tmp/.
02 Description
The configure script in D-Bus (aka DBus) 1.2.x before 1.2.28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified file in /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
- 0.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 20.9% 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
- Low. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-06-22 23:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 23:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-06-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- b87985829eb268b318b9b638cf6cc6ce5e4c5d12546243b8b647f63071e11bf4
05 Affected products
06 References
- cgit.freedesktop.orghttp://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/tree/NEWS?h=dbus-1.2
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdbus-configure-symlink(68173)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68173
- www.securitytracker.com1025720http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025720
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dbus Fixed in 1.3.2~git20100715.821f99c-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dbus Fixed in 1.3.2~git20100715.821f99c-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dbus Fixed in 1.3.2~git20100715.821f99c-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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