Information disclosure in Linux Kernel
CVE-2011-1020
The proc filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.37 and earlier does not restrict access to the /proc directory tree of a process after this process performs an exec of a setuid program, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via open, lseek, read, and write system calls.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65693 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/8107 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/43496 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/18 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/7/466 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/7/414 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/10/21 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46567 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/7/368 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)