VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-2916
If a user has a world-readable or world-executable home directory, another local system user could obtain the private key used to connect to remote NX sessions.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.25%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
qtnx 0.9 stores non-custom SSH keys in a world-readable configuration file. If a user has a world-readable or world-executable home directory, another local system user could obtain the private key used to connect to remote NX sessions.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.25% probability · 16th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-312
- Affected
- qtnx project/qtnx
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2916Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2916Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2916Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2916Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2916Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2916Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.