CVE-2011-2684

MEDIUM

foo2zjs - Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Attack on /tmp/foo2zjs

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=633870
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/10
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2684/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0041
EPSS Percentile 32.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (3)
rkkda/foo2zjs 20090908dfsg-5.1\+squeeze0
rkkda/foo2zjs 20110722dfsg-1
rkkda/foo2zjs 20110722dfsg-3ubuntu1
Published Oct 23, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026