CVE-2011-2185
Fabric before 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a /tmp/fab.*.tar file or (2) certain other files in the top level of /tmp/.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Fabric before 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a /tmp/fab.*.tar file or (2) certain other files in the top level of /tmp/.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 26th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- fabfile/fabric
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629003
- http://code.fabfile.org/projects/fabric/files/Fabric-1.1.0.tar.gzPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062534.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/12
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710462
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629003
- http://code.fabfile.org/projects/fabric/files/Fabric-1.1.0.tar.gzPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062534.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/12
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710462
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.