VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-2684

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-10-23
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

foo2zjs before 20110722dfsg-3ubuntu1 as packaged in Ubuntu, 20110722dfsg-1 as packaged in Debian unstable, and 20090908dfsg-5.1+squeeze0 as packaged in Debian squeeze create temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to write over arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/foo2zjs.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Primary references