Vulnerability in Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-Utils
CVE-2011-1836
utils/ecryptfs-recover-private in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not establish a subdirectory with safe permissions, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions via standard filesystem operations during the recovery process.
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: 0.004 (29.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-Utils — versions 62, 63, 64
- Ecryptfs Utils — versions 58, 59, 60
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00009.html (vendor-advisory)
- launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+download
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1188-1 (vendor-advisory)