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CVE-2011-3616

Date: November 4, 2011

The getSkillname function in the eve module in Conky 1.8.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/.cesf.

Language: C++

Severity Score

6.7

Related Resources (11)

Url: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201110-09.xml

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-3616

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/46353

Url: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612033

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/09/4

Url: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/conky/+bug/607309

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/43225

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3616

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/10/8

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3616

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-3616

Severity Score

6.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.7
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.3
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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