Vulnerability in openSUSE
CVE-2011-0461
/etc/init.d/boot.localfs in the aaa_base package before 11.2-43.48.1 in SUSE openSUSE 11.2, and before 11.3-8.7.1 in openSUSE 11.3, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /dev/shm/mtab.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (20.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- openSUSE — versions 11.2, 11.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.novell.com/665479
- support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0461.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00007.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)