VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-2910

CVSS score6.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-15
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The AX.25 daemon (ax25d) in ax25-tools before 0.0.8-13 does not check the return value of a setuid call. The setuid call is responsible for dropping privileges but if the call fails the daemon would continue to run with root privileges which can allow possible privilege escalation.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

Primary references