Vulnerability in Fabfile Fabric
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/.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (23.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 23.8% 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
- Fabfile Fabric — versions 0.9, 0.9.1, 0.9.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/12 (mailing-list)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062534.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/5 (mailing-list)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- code.fabfile.org/projects/fabric/files/Fabric-1.1.0.tar.gz (Patch)