VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2011-3154
CVSS score1.9 LOW
EPSS probability0.33%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-04-17
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py in Update Manager before 1:0.87.31.1, 1:0.134.x before 1:0.134.11.1, 1:0.142.x before 1:0.142.23.1, 1:0.150.x before 1:0.150.5.1, and 1:0.152.x before 1:0.152.25.5 does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to obtain the XAUTHORITY file content for a user via a symlink attack on the temporary file.
Weakness classification
- CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')